With $-2/3$ times 12, is the answer positive or negative?

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With $-2/3$ times 12, is the answer positive or negative?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-09T19:24:13

$-2/3$ times 12 would be, $(-2)/3 xx 12=-8$

it wouldn't be $(-2)/-3$ as that is equivalent to $2/3$ .

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Answer 2 · 2018-02-10T06:05:58

$-2/3xx12=-8$

Explanation:

The question gives you the process. Any time a question asks for $x$ times $y$ , it means to multiply them. $x xxy=xy$
"Times" means to multiply.

Any whole number is understood to have a denominator of $1$ ; $n=n/1$ .

$-2/3xx12/1$

When multiplying fractions, multiply the numerators across and the denominators across.

$-2/3xx12/1=$

$-(2xx12)/(3xx1)=$

$-24/3$

Simplify $-24/3$ by dividing the numerator and denominator by $3$ .

$-(24-:3)/(3-:3)=$

$-8/1=$

$-8$ .

Answer 3 · 2018-02-13T11:24:35

There is only one negative number, the answer will be negative,

Explanation:

The fraction $-2/3$ can be written in $3$ ways which all mean the same thing:

$-2/3 = (-2)/3 = 2/(-3)$

As a decimal they would all give the answer $-0.66666......$

There is only one negative sign, but it can be placed anywhere.

$-2/3 xx 12 = -8$

$(-2)/3 xx 12 = -8$

$2/(-3) xx 12 = -8$

The division is implied in the fraction, there is a division by $3$

You can also think of it as $(-2xx12)/3 =(-24)/3 =-8$

If there were two negative signs, the answer would be positive.

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