Question

Colleen divided integer a by -3 and got 8 then she divided 8 by integer b and got -4 find the quotient of integer a and integer b

Answer 1

What Colleen did first: a / -3 = 8

Multiply each side by -3 : a = -24 <= now we know integer 'a'


What she did next: 8 / b = -4

Multiply each side by 'b' : 8 = -4 b
Divide each side by -4 : -2 = b <== now we know integer 'b'

The quotient a / b = -24 / -2 = 12