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## anonymous one year ago -15 divided by 3/5

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1. Nnesha

$\frac{ -15 }{ \frac{ 3 }{ 5 } }$ like this ?

2. anonymous

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3. Nnesha

multiply top with the reciprocal of bottom fraction like this $\huge\rm a \div \frac{ b }{ c } = a \times \frac{ c }{ b }$change division to multiplication

4. anonymous

huh...

5. Nnesha

...?

6. anonymous

im confused

7. anonymous

wait so like -15 x 3 and -15 x 5?

8. AmTran_Bus

There is a property that says you can flip the fraction in order to turn division to multiplication.

9. Nnesha

let a = -15 b=3 c=5 now plug in and solve!$\huge\rm a \div \frac{ b }{ c } = a \times \frac{ c }{ b }$

10. anonymous

ok i think i got it

11. Nnesha

are you sure? what did you get ?

12. AmTran_Bus

Show us your work!

13. Nnesha

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