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-1/4 divided by -4/7

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Answer:

7/16

Explanation:

Write this division problem as:

-1

-----

4

======

-4

-----

7

Recall that we can divide by a fraction by inverting the fraction and then multiplying instead. The above expression becomes:

-1 7 7

------ * ------ = ---------

4 -4 16

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