Evaluate -(9/2)/(-5/8)

$- \frac{\frac{9}{2}}{- \frac{5}{8}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$- (\frac{9}{2} (- \frac{8}{5}))$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Move the leading negative in $- \frac{8}{5}$ into the numerator.

$- (\frac{9}{2} \cdot \frac{- 8}{5})$

Factor $2$ out of $- 8$ .

$- (\frac{9}{2} \cdot \frac{2 (- 4)}{5})$

Cancel the common factor.

$- (\frac{9}{2} \cdot \frac{2 \cdot - 4}{5})$

Rewrite the expression.

$- (9 (\frac{- 4}{5}))$

Combine $9$ and $\frac{- 4}{5}$ .

$- \frac{9 \cdot - 4}{5}$

Simplify the expression.

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Multiply $9$ by $- 4$ .

$- \frac{- 36}{5}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- - \frac{36}{5}$

Multiply $- - \frac{36}{5}$ .

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Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$1 (\frac{36}{5})$

Multiply $\frac{36}{5}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{36}{5}$

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{36}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$7.2$

Mixed Number Form:

$7 \frac{1}{5}$

Evaluate -(9/2)/(-5/8)

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