Find the Missing Symbol in Operation Sequence: +314:-209:-5⅓?0

Question

Fill in the missing symbol (?):

+314:209:513?0 +314:-209:-5\frac{1}{3}\text{?}0

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Complete the appropriate sign
00:04 Let's take only the signs and check what will be the result sign
00:12 Positive divided by negative always equals negative
00:20 Negative divided by negative always equals positive
00:23 Positive is necessarily greater than 0
00:26 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

Note that in the first step we are dividing a positive number by a negative number:

+:= +:-=-

Therefore, we the exercise is:

:?0 -:-?0

Now we are dividing a negative number by a negative number, that is:

:=+ -:-=+

Therefore, the final exercise will look like this:

+?0 +?0

Since we have a positive number, it is greater than zero.

Therefore, the answer is:

+ > 0

Answer

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