SOLUTION: Good morning, I am asking for help with this problem. 4/9 divided by (-9/7).... my answer was 28/49, but i got it wrong. Do I need to simplify it to 4/7? Please help asap, on my

Question 986713: Good morning, I am asking for help with this problem.
4/9 divided by (-9/7)....
my answer was 28/49, but i got it wrong. Do I need to simplify it to 4/7?
Please help asap, on my way to class in next 15 minutes. (8:03am)
Thank you.
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal,
<--- Multiplication correction in the denominator
You also left out the negative sign.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4/9 divided by (-9/7)
Invert the divisor (-9/7) and multiply.
= (4/9)*(-7/9)
= -28/81

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