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Dividing or multiplying by a negative reverts the value to the other side of the number line, thus, the inequality sign must revert as well.

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Q: What happenes when you divide or multiply a inequlity by a negative?
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What happens when you multiply or divide by a negative?

the answer becomes negative


If you divide a negative number by a negative number will you get a positive number?

You will end up with a positive number. With integers, if you multiply or divide an even amount of negative numbers, the answer will be positive and if you multiply or divide an odd amount, the answer will be negative.


How can you Make a negative number into a positive value?

You can multiply or divide it by any negative number.


How do you divide a negative number by a positive fraction?

You multiply the negative number by the reciprocal of the fraction.


If you add a negative and a negative what do you get?

Adding negatives? You get a negative. But if you multiply/divide 2 negatives, that's a positive.


How many positive things to reverse a negative?

- * - = + - * + = - + * + = + - / - = + - / + = - + / + = + *= multiply /=divide


When does the sign change in inequalities?

whenever you multiply or divide by a negative number


Do two negative integers equal a positive?

Only when you divide or multiply.


What is the result when you pare one positive number with one negative number?

If you multiply or divide the numbers, the answer will be negative.


What happers if you multiply or divide two negative numbers?

When you divide or multiply two negative numbers they cancel each other out and you have a positive answer. We are measuring relationships instead of moving on a number line like addition or subtraction.


When you solve an inequality and the first step was to multiply or divide by a negative?

yes ... and so?


What is 11 x 4?

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