You divide the equivalent positive numbers. Then you add a negative sign to the result.
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Divide as you would divide positive fractions. That is, convert both fractions to positive, then do the division. After that, apply the rules for dividing positive and negative numbers. For example, if one of the fractions is positive and the other negative, the answer will be negative.
It is the same as dividing two positive mixed fractions except that at the end of it all, you put a negative sign in front.
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Subtracting a negative fraction is the same as adding its positive equivalent.