Divide -9 by 27. Write the answer as a simplified fraction with the correct sign

Answer 1

To divide -9 by 27, we can write it as a fraction: -9/27.

To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD). In this case, the GCD of 9 and 27 is 9.

So, if we divide -9 by 9, we get -1, and if we divide 27 by 9, we get 3.

Therefore, the simplified fraction is -1/3.