Solve 50%div-20%

$$50 \% \div -20 \%$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{2}=-2.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{50}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 50.

$$\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{-\frac{20}{100}}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{-\frac{1}{5}}$$

Divide \frac{1}{2} by -\frac{1}{5} by multiplying \frac{1}{2} by the reciprocal of -\frac{1}{5}.

$$\frac{1}{2}\left(-5\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} and -5 to get \frac{-5}{2}.

$$\frac{-5}{2}$$

Fraction \frac{-5}{2} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{2} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{5}{2}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{2} = -2\frac{1}{2} = -2.5$$