Basic Math Examples

- \frac{1}{- \frac{17}{16}}

$- \frac{1}{- \frac{17}{16}}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of

1

$1$ and

- 1

$- 1$ .

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Step 1.1

Rewrite

1

$1$ as

- 1 (- 1)

$- 1 (- 1)$ .

- \frac{- 1 (- 1)}{- \frac{17}{16}}

$- \frac{- 1 (- 1)}{- \frac{17}{16}}$

Step 1.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

- - \frac{1}{\frac{17}{16}}

$- - \frac{1}{\frac{17}{16}}$

- - \frac{1}{\frac{17}{16}}

$- - \frac{1}{\frac{17}{16}}$

Step 2

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

- - (1 (\frac{16}{17}))

$- - (1 (\frac{16}{17}))$

Step 3

Multiply

\frac{16}{17}

$\frac{16}{17}$ by

1

$1$ .

- - \frac{16}{17}

$- - \frac{16}{17}$

Step 4

Multiply

- - \frac{16}{17}

$- - \frac{16}{17}$ .

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Step 4.1

Multiply

- 1

$- 1$ by

- 1

$- 1$ .

1 (\frac{16}{17})

$1 (\frac{16}{17})$

Step 4.2

Multiply

\frac{16}{17}

$\frac{16}{17}$ by

1

$1$ .

\frac{16}{17}

$\frac{16}{17}$

\frac{16}{17}

$\frac{16}{17}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

\frac{16}{17}

$\frac{16}{17}$

Decimal Form:

0.94117647 \dots

$0.94117647 \dots$