Perform the operation and reduce the answer fully. Make sure to express your answer as a simplified fraction: -5/2/3/5
To perform the given operation and simplify the fraction -5/2/3/5, we need to divide -5/2 by 3/5.
To divide fractions, we invert the second fraction and multiply the result by the first fraction:
-5/2 ÷ 3/5 = -5/2 × 5/3
When we multiply the numerators (-5 × 5) and the denominators (2 × 3), we get:
-5/2 × 5/3 = -25/6
Therefore, the simplified fraction is -25/6.