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Explain how you would find the sign of the quotient 32 divided by -2 divided by -16÷4

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This may not be the best explanation but hopefully at the very least it'll guide you!
When you multiply or divide a negative by another negative, you get a positive. When it is a negative and a positive, it remains negative.
Assuming your question simplified into a equation (or number form? Been a while, haha!) is 32÷-2÷(-16÷4), it would end as a positive. Because you first divide the positive 32 by a negative 2, you get a negative. Because -16÷4 is in parenthesis, it is done because following the rest of the equation (P.E.M.D.A.S.!), it would be 32÷-2÷-4. Going from left to right, as you should, it results in a negative being divided by another negative, so you get a positive. 32÷-2÷(-16÷4) = 32÷-2÷-4 = -16÷-4 = 2!
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