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What is 1/7 divided by -2 and 2/3

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Explanation:

1/7 divided by -2 2/3

= 1/7 divided by -8/3 (changed the mixed number to an improper fraction!)

= 1/7 MULTIPLIED by -3/8 (when you divide a fraction, you must switch the sign opposite to what you are doing, in this case dividing, so the opposite of that is multiplying. You also flip the fraction that you are dividing by so -8/3 becomes -3/8)

= -3/56 (a positive times a negative number will result in a negative number!)

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