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What is -3/8 divided by 7/12
A. -32/7
B.-14/9
C. -9/14
D. -7/32

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To divide fractions, you flip the second one and multiply them so it would be:
(-3/8) / (7/12)
-3/8 * 12/7
-36/56
This can be simplified to :
-9/14
Because you divide both the numerator and denominator by 4.

Hope this helps :)
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