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someone pls help and also is there a difference between the negative sign being on the numerator and denominator

someone pls help and also is there a difference between the negative sign being on-example-1
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There is not a difference if the negative sign is on the numerator or denominator.

Ex.


(-6)/(3) is basically -6 divided by 3

Just like in division, the negative sign wouldn't matter.

For -6/3 and 6/-3, both would by -2

For
(-2)/(6), you can even write it as
-(2)/(6)

In this form, the negative sign is just there the indicate the whole term is negative, not whether the numerator or denominator is negative, because it is not needed- it is the same either way.

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