Question

Ben said that when you divide a positive decimal by a negative decimal, the answer will be less than 0.

Use these numbers to answer the questions:
,, 5.4, 6.8
Is Ben’s statement always true, sometimes true, or always false? Write two equations to support your answer.
Write a rule for dividing a positive and a negative decimal.
Please help!

Answer 1

I do believe that Ben's statement is always true because of the fact that when you divide a positive by a negative, or a negative by a positive, it will always equal a negative. For the equation 5.4/-6.8 the answer is -0.79411764705. And the equation -6.8/5.4 is equal to -1.25925925926. It will always equal to less then zero, except when you divide by zero.