How do you simplify $[-54 / (-9)] / 3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-14T19:44:24

See full simplification process below:

First, we will eliminate the negative sign:

$(-54/-9)/3 -> (- -54/9)/3 -> (54/9)/3$

Next, we can rewrite this as:

$(54/9)/(3/1)$ because $3$ and $3/1$ are equivalent.

Now we can use the rule for dividing fractions:

$(color(red)(a)/color(blue)(b))/(color(green)(c)/color(purple)(d)) = (color(red)(a) xx color(purple)(d))/(color(blue)(b) xx color(green)(c))$

$(54/9)/(3/1) -> (54 xx 1)/(9 xx 3) -> 54/27 = 2$

How do you simplify [-54 / (-9)] / 3 [-54 / (-9)] / 3?