divide -9 by 27. right the answer is a simplified fraction with the correct sign.
-9 divided by 27 is -1/3.
To divide -9 by 27, we need to divide the absolute values of the numbers and then determine the sign of the result.
|-9| ÷ |27| = 9/27
The fraction 9/27 can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 9:
9 ÷ 9 = 1
27 ÷ 9 = 3
So, the simplified fraction is 1/3.
Now, let's determine the sign. Since we have a negative number (-9) divided by a positive number (27), the result will be negative.
Therefore, the answer as a simplified fraction with the correct sign is -1/3.