Distributive Property: -3 1/2 divided by 1/2

ANSWER-7EXPLANATIONWe want to solve the given fractional division by using the distributive property.Basically, we are going to split the numerator into smaller pieces to make the division simpler.That is:[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{-3\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =\text{ }\frac{\frac{-7}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =\text{ }\frac{(\frac{-6}{2}\text{ - }\frac{1}{2})}{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =\frac{(-3\text{ - }\frac{1}{2})}{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =\frac{-3}{\frac{1}{2}}\text{ - }\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =\text{ -6 - 1} \\ =\text{ -7} \end{gathered}[/tex]