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True or false

-5/-1 = 5?
(0/-4) = 0?
-3/1 = -3?
- 8/0 = 0?

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Checking if the results of the following divisions are true or false.

a) -5/-1 = 5 ↔ True

The fraction, (remembering that it is a division), -5/-1can be simplified to 5 by removing the negative sign from the numerator and denominator.

b) (0/-4) = 0 ↔ True

We know that any number divided by zero, the result will always be zero.

c) -3/1 = -3 ↔ True

Any number divided by one equals the same number.

d) -8/0 = 0 ↔ False

A normal number simply cannot be divided by 0.

The three previous divisions are true, that is, your answers are correct. While the last one can't, since it can't be divided by 0, this one is false.

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