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What is -5/3 / (-1/8)?
Please help me. i don't understand...

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Answer:

40/3

Explanation:

Here you're dividing the fraction -5/3 by the fraction -1/8.

Right off, we can simplify this by recalling that (-)(-) = (+), and so we have:

Divide 5/3 by 1/8.

There's a rule for dividing by a fraction: Invert the fraction and multiply. So, applying that rule here, we get:

5 8

---- * ---- = 40/3

3 1

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