SOLUTION: negitive 5 and one third divided by 8 =

Question 223315: negitive 5 and one third divided by 8 =
Found 3 solutions by checkley77, rfer, jsmallt9:
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-5+(1/3)/8=
-5+1/24
(-5*24+1)/24
(120-1)/24
119/24 ANS.
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-5 1/3)/8
(-16/3)*3/24=-48/72=-2/3
Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First let's change the mixed number into an improper fraction. (Mixed numbers are a pain to work with.):

Now let's change the "divide by 8" into "multiply by the reciprocal of 8" (which is 1/8):

Now we can multiply and simplify:

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