Question

Given −29.032 ÷ −0.76, find the quotient.

Answer 1

38.2

Explanation:

`\boxed{+38.2}\\\\\sf 29 - 0\\= 29(0)\\29(0) - 228(76 * 3)\\= 62(3)\\62(3) - 608(76 * 8)\\= 15(2)\\15(2) - 152(76 * 2)\\= 0`

• Notice every time a number ended up in the hundreds place, it was because a number for example, 2, was dropped into the next digit of the number. Let's say I get 18 from subtracting, and there is a 4 in the hundreds place, then 18 becomes 184 subtracted by any number below it that the divisor can multiply to.

• Note: Anytime 2 negative numbers are divided by each other, they will have a positive quotient.