Determine the Sign: Solving -4/-0.4 ÷ -1.7 Step by Step

Question

What will be the sign of the result?

$\frac{-4}{-0.4}:-1.7$

00:00 Find the result sign

00:03 Let's find the sign of each number

00:09 Negative divided by negative always equals positive

00:16 Positive divided by negative always equals negative

00:20 And this is the solution to the question

In this question, we only need to know whether the resulting number is negative or positive.

In that case, we can rewrite the division exercise as follows:

$\frac{-}{-}:-=$

If we solve the exercise from left to right, we will first divide the numerator of the negative fraction by the denominator of the negative fraction.

Therefore, the resulting fraction will be positive:

$\frac{-}{-}=+$

Now the remaining exercise will look like this:

$+:-=-$

Therefore, the sign of the result will be negative.