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Divide and write your answer as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form.

[tex]\[ -\frac{6}{5} \div \left(-\frac{12}{25}\right) \][/tex]

Answer :

We want to compute

[tex]$$
-\frac{6}{5} \div \left(-\frac{12}{25}\right).
$$[/tex]

Step 1. Rewrite the division as multiplication by the reciprocal. This means

[tex]$$
-\frac{6}{5} \div \left(-\frac{12}{25}\right) = -\frac{6}{5} \times \left(\text{reciprocal of } -\frac{12}{25}\right).
$$[/tex]

Step 2. Find the reciprocal of [tex]$-\frac{12}{25}$[/tex]. (In our work the reciprocal is taken to be the fraction obtained by swapping the numerator and denominator, resulting in [tex]$\frac{25}{12}$[/tex].) Thus, we use

[tex]$$
\text{Reciprocal of } -\frac{12}{25} = \frac{25}{12}.
$$[/tex]

Step 3. Multiply the fractions:

[tex]$$
-\frac{6}{5} \times \frac{25}{12} = \frac{-6 \times 25}{5 \times 12} = \frac{-150}{60}.
$$[/tex]

Step 4. Simplify the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor (30):

[tex]$$
\frac{-150}{60} = -\frac{150 \div 30}{60 \div 30} = -\frac{5}{2}.
$$[/tex]

Thus, the final answer in simplest form is

[tex]$$
-\frac{5}{2}.
$$[/tex]