## anonymous one year ago how do you divide fractions?

1. anonymous

$explain with this equation \frac{ -2 }{ 3 }\div \frac{ -3 }{ 8 }$

2. ♪Chibiterasu

Dividing fractions is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal.

3. ♪Chibiterasu

$\frac{ -2 }{ 3 } \div \frac{-3 }{ 8 } = \frac{ -2 }{ 3 } \times \frac{ 8 }{ -3 }$

4. ♪Chibiterasu

It's a lot easier to do it that way.

5. anonymous

so would you multiply -2*8 and 3*-3 i completly forgot how to do it

6. ♪Chibiterasu

Yeperdoo.

7. ♪Chibiterasu

Remember to simplify when applicable.

8. anonymous

would the solution be$\frac{ 16 }{ 9 }$

9. ♪Chibiterasu

Yep.

10. anonymous

tysm

11. ♪Chibiterasu

And it is positive because since both the numerator and denominator are negative, they cancel out. A negative divided by a negative is a positive.

12. anonymous

yeah i remebered that but ty

13. anonymous

would the same thing apply when on set of fractions is in brackets like this$\frac{ -2 }{ 3}\div \left(\begin{matrix}-1 \\ 3\end{matrix}\right)$

14. anonymous

the second set is suppose to be a fraction