The same way you divide positive exponents
like ( x^-7 ) / ( x^-12) = x^( -7 - - 12) = x^( -7+12) = x^5
The answer is positive.
you get a positive.
Adding negatives? You get a negative. But if you multiply/divide 2 negatives, that's a positive.
Only if you multiply or divide them.
Yes. The negatives cancel out.
Any even number
A positive because two negatives cancel each other out to create a positive. Example: -40/-10= 4
There are no negatives
what are the negatives of a listserv
Actually it does, whenever you mulitply and divide two negative and two positive numbers they always equal a positive number. When you multiply and divide a negative and positive they always equal a negative number.
GenelleBabee: it becomes a positive because when you multiply two negatives it becomes a positive, & it's the same thing with division.
The whole-number factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, and their negatives.