Question

What is -3 1/2 divided by 4/9?

Answer 1

Answer:

Reduced Fraction :

$\frac{ - 63}{8}$

Decimal : -7.875

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Put both fractions in improper form

$\frac{( - 3 \times 2) - 1}{2} = \frac{ - 7}{2}$

$\frac{4}{9} = \frac{4}{9}$

2. Multiply -7/2 by the reciprocal of 4/9 to get answer

Concept :

$\frac{ \frac{1}{5} }{ \frac{1}{3} } = ( \frac{1}{5} \times \frac{3}{1} )$

$\frac{ - 7}{2} \times \frac{9}{4} = \frac{ - 63}{8}$