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Describe the correct error -1/4 divided by 3/2=-4/1 multiplied by 3/2= -12/2=-6

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I guess the error is in the calculus.
-1/4 divided by 3/2:
(-1/4)/(3/2): When dividing 2 fractions, its answer is equal to the first fraction multiplied by the inverse of the second.
(-1/4)/(3/2) = -1/4 * 2/3 = -2/12
So -1/4 divided by 3/2 is different from -4/1 multiplied by 3/2.
-1/4 divided by 3/2 = -1/4 multiplied by 2/3.

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