-2/-2 = 1 Both of the negative signs cancel, leaving you with a positive one.1
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Negative one fifth (-1/5) divided by negative 3 is positive one fifteenth (1/15)
5 - 12 = -7
-2 / -1 = 2
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Three and one seventh divided by negative three and two thirds equates to -6/7 in simplest terms.
-2/-2 = 1 Both of the negative signs cancel, leaving you with a positive one.1
Negative 10 divided by negative two-thirds = 15/1 or 15
The quotient of two positive integers will be positive. A positive divided by a positive is positive. A positive divided by a negative is negative. A negative divided by a positive is negative. A negative divided by a negative is positive.
(-2/3) / (-1) = 2/3
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There is no such thing as a positive or a negative zero. A negative divided by a positive is a negative, and a positive divided by a negative is a negative. If you have a negative and a positive, the answer will be a negative. But if you have two negatives or two positives as the dividend and divisor, the answer will be a positive. In other words, dividing two positives or two negatives will always give you a positive. But dividing a positive and a negative will always give you a negative.
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