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emilia wants to find 2 2/3 divided by (-1 3/7) she first rewrites the division as 2 2/3(-1 7/3) what is wrong with emilia reasoning? PLEASE HELP

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Answer: If it was written 2 2/3(-1 7/3) then this is multiplication and not division because parentheses mean to multiply. Also it is written 2 2/3 (-1 7/3) instead of 2 2/3 (-1 3/7) so the fraction 3/7 is placed in the wrong order.

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