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Which expression has a negative value?

2 + 12
(negative 3) (negative 8)
10 minus (negative 18)
Negative 35 divided by 5

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Answer: - 35 divided by 5

Explanation:

User Roman Kolesnikov
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Answer:

Negative 35 divided by 5.

Explanation:

I got this answer by using process of elimination. So let's try it shall we?

2+12

This has to positive numbers in the process of addition so this would be a positive number with the answer of 14.

-3 x -8

This equation has two negatives being multiplied by each other hence cancelling each other out so the answer would be positive.

10 - (-18)

Much like the last equation there are to negatives, but this equation is subtracting by a negative so the negatives next to each other in that way would cancel each other out leaving you with a positive 28.

-35 / 5

Seeing as we have checked every other equation this one must be negative but lets check. When you divide a negative by a positive the positive would automatically take the form of the negative number, because it does not have a negative of its own to cancel the negative out so this must have a negative outcome.

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