Try another version of this question Box 1: Enter your answer as a reduced fraction (like 5/3, not 10/6) or as an integer (like 4 or -2)
Simplify the complex fraction.
`5 -1/8`
=
`7/16-3/8`
Write the answer as a reduced fraction - NOT A MIXED NUMBER.
Do not enter mixed numbers
Enter DNE for Does Not Exist, oo for Infinity `78`
This solution is for a similar problem, not your specific version
Simplify `(-2 2/9)/(5/18-5/36)`.
`(-2 2/9)/(5/18-5/36)`
`=(-20/9)/((5*2)/(18*2)-5/36)`
`=(-20/9)/(10/36-5/36)`
`=(-20/9)/(5/36)`
`=-20/9\div 5/36`
`=-20/9*36/5`
`=-(\cancel{20} 4)/9*36/(\cancel{5} 1)`
`=-4/(\cancel{9} 1)*(\cancel{36} 4)/1`
`=-4/1*4/1`
`=-16/1`
`-16`