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What is the quotient of negative 5 over negative 15

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Answer: 1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

Quotient is another word for the solution to a division problem.

So in this case the quotient is the answer to -5/-15.

When you divide a negative by another negative, you get a positive answer. The same can be said about dividing a positive number by another positive number.

So, in this case, we can change -5/-15 to 5/15.

Now we just need to simplify by finding a GCF (greatest common factor)

Both 5 and 15 shares 5 as a factor, so divide them both by 5.

Then you would get 1/3 or .33333333333333333...

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