Question

What is "the negation of the product of five times a number divided by two is ten" as a written equation?

I'm specially confused on the negation thing :(​

Answer 1

-(5*-4)/2 = 10

Explanation:

The product of 5*-4 = -20

-20/2 =-10

This product itself is negative (the but outside the parentesis there is a negative sign (the negation of this product) (-,- =+)

-(5*-4)/2 = 10

Answer 2

-5x/2 = 10

x = -4

Explanation:

Let the unknown number be represented as x.

Negation of the product of five times the number is - 5x

Negation of the product of five times a number divided by two is ten.

Expressing this in equation format:

-5x/2 = 10

=> x = -(10 * 2)/5 = -20/5 = -4

Hence the unknown number is -4.

Validation:

-5 * (-4) / 2 = 20/2 = 10

The given equality is satisfied when the value of unknown variable x = -4