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The quoient of two rational numbers is positive. What can you conclude about signs of the dividend and the divisor?

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Answer:

the two signs are the same

Explanation:

Whenever the quotient or product of two operands is positive, the signs of the operands are both the same, both negative or both positive.

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Comment on the general case

Whenever the product of any number of operands is positive, the number of negative signs among the factors is even.

A quotient is the product of one operand and the reciprocal of another (the denominator). A number and its reciprocal have the same sign.

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