Basic Math Examples

$- \frac{\frac{5}{2}}{- \frac{5}{3}}$

Step 1

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$- (\frac{5}{2} (- \frac{3}{5}))$

Step 2

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

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Step 2.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{3}{5}$ into the numerator.

$- (\frac{5}{2} \cdot \frac{- 3}{5})$

Step 2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$- (\frac{5}{2} \cdot \frac{- 3}{5})$

Step 2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$- (\frac{1}{2} \cdot - 3)$

Step 3

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $- 3$ .

$- \frac{- 3}{2}$

Step 4

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- - \frac{3}{2}$

Step 5

Multiply $- - \frac{3}{2}$ .

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Step 5.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$1 (\frac{3}{2})$

Step 5.2

Multiply $\frac{3}{2}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{3}{2}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{3}{2}$

Decimal Form:

$1.5$

Mixed Number Form:

$1 \frac{1}{2}$