Question

By what number should $-4\frac{3}{8}$ be divided to obtain $-3\frac{1}{2}$?

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{Let}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{required}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{be}x.\\ -\text{4}\frac{3}{8}÷x=-\text{3}\frac{1}{2}\\ \begin{array}{l}\text{=>x}=\frac{-35}{8}\times \frac{2}{-7}\\ \begin{array}{l}\text{=}\frac{5}{4}\\ \text{Hence, the required number is}\frac{5}{4}\text{.}\end{array}\\ \end{array}\\ \end{array}$