Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 2 - Review - Page 133: 22

Answer

$$\frac{1}{12}.$$

Work Step by Step

We simplify by removing the parenthesis and add the terms as follows: $$ \frac{-3}{16}\div \left( -2\frac{1}{4} \right)= \frac{-3}{16}\div \frac{-9}{4}\\ =\frac{-3}{16} \cdot \frac{4}{-9}=\frac{1}{12}.$$
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