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Question
Carry out the division of a rational number.
`2/3 div (-4)`
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Solution
`2/3 div (-4)`
`= 2/3 xx (-1/4)`
`= (2xx(-1))/(3xx4)`
`=(-2)/12`
`= (-2div2)/(12div2)` ...(Since HCF of 2 and 12 is 2)
`= (-1)/6`
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