Basic Math Examples

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

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $1$ and $- 1$ .

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Step 1.1

Rewrite $1$ as $- 1 (- 1)$ .

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

Step 1.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

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

Step 2

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

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

Step 3

Multiply $\frac{16}{17}$ by $1$ .

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

Step 4

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

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Step 4.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

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

Step 4.2

Multiply $\frac{16}{17}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{16}{17}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{16}{17}$

Decimal Form:

$0.94117647 \dots$