Evaluate -10/(-5/2) - MathMaster

$- \frac{10}{\frac{- 5}{2}}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$- (10 (\frac{2}{- 5}))$

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

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Factor $5$ out of $10$ .

$- (5 (2) \frac{2}{- 5})$

Factor $5$ out of $- 5$ .

$- (5 \cdot 2 \frac{2}{5 \cdot - 1})$

Cancel the common factor.

$- (5 \cdot 2 \frac{2}{5 \cdot - 1})$

Rewrite the expression.

$- (2 (\frac{2}{- 1}))$

Combine $2$ and $\frac{2}{- 1}$ .

$- \frac{2 \cdot 2}{- 1}$

Simplify the expression.

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Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$- \frac{4}{- 1}$

Divide $4$ by $- 1$ .

$- - 4$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 4$ .

$4$

Evaluate -10/(-5/2)

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