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How would you divide -9 by -3?
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Aubrey Hane
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Harry G
Two negatives make a positive. Dividing a negative number by another negative number, therefore, equals a positive number. The same holds for multiplication.
How would you divide -9 by -3?
Applying the rule above:
-9/-3
= 9/3
= 3/1
= 3
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