SOLUTION: -2 1/4 dived by 1 1/3

Question 118285: -2 1/4 dived by 1 1/3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First let's convert into a improper fraction

Start with the given mixed number

Let's focus on the positive portion:

Multiply the denominator 4 by the whole number 2 to get 8

. Add 8 to the numerator 1 to get 9. This final result is the new numerator

Place the new numerator over the same denominator

Now reintroduce the negative

So the mixed number is equivalent to the improper fraction

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Now let's convert into a improper fraction

Start with the given mixed number

Multiply the denominator 3 by the whole number 1 to get 3

. Add 3 to the numerator 1 to get 4. This final result is the new numerator

Place the new numerator over the same denominator

So the mixed number is equivalent to the improper fraction

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So becomes

Now multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction

Combine the two fractions

Multiply

So
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