Evaluate the expression. Write fractions in simplest form.
$- 5 \div 1.5$

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Solution

Finding the value of the given expression;
We know that here $1.5$ can be written as $\frac{15}{10}$ .
so the given expression $- 5 \div 1.5$ changes to $- 5 \div \frac{15}{10}$ .
Here we know that to divide in the case of a fraction we have to take the reciprocal of second and multiply with first.so;
$negative 5 divided by 15 over 10$
$= - 5 \times \frac{10}{15}$
cancelling common factors;
$= \frac{- 10}{3}$
Therefore the value of the given expression is $\frac{- 10}{3}$

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