Question

Ivan and Polina have each drawn a conclusion about multiplying negative fractions. Ivan: The product of an even number of negative fractions is always positive. Polina: The product of an odd number of negative fractions is always negative. Whose conclusion is correct? Ivan only Polina only both Ivan and Polina neither Ivan or Polina

Answer 1

both Ivan and Polina

Explanation:

Answer 2

Both are correct

Explanation:

To check the validity of their statements, we shall be using direct examples

For Ivan , we can have an example of his assertion as follows;

-1/2 * -1/3 = 1/6

For Polina, we can have

-1/2 * -1/3 * -1/4 = -1/24

We can see from the above that both of them got their opinions correctly as there are no exceptions to the above