math question: -5 divided by 2/7?

Answer 1

Equal to -5 x 7/2, or -35/2.

Answer 2

Here's the principle you want to use in this problem: When dividing by a fraction, simply multiply by the fraction's reciprocal (inverse) instead. Here's how:
-5 X 7/2 ... 7/2 is the reciprocal of 2/7
Perform the multiplication and get:
-35/2 The fraction on the left is your answer.

Answer 3

Note:

'/' means 'divided by'
'=' means 'equals to'

Note that / is the opposite of *
While '/' is about division, '*' is about multiplication.
Since '/' is the opposite of '*', hence whenever you see:

a / (b/c)

It is also equal to

a * (c/b)

Notice that the (b/c) is reversed to (c/b) when the '/' is changed to the opposite of it, that is '*'

Therefore to answer your question:

Q: -5 divided by 2/7

= -5 / (2/7)

= -5 * (7/2)

= -35 / 2

= -17.5 (in decimal form)

Therefore, the answer is

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Answer : - 35/2 or -17.5
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Hope this helps.

Kind regard,
Ryonn

Answer 4

=(-5) / (2/7)
=(-5) x (7/2)
= -35/2
= -17 1/2

Answer 5

2/7/-5
=-2/35
=-0.05714

Answer 6

-5 / (2/7) = -5 ( 7/2) = -35/2 = -17.5