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Multiplying a negative and a positive

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So eight (8) divided by negative two (-2). But let's apply and I encourage you to pause this video and try these out yourself and then see if you get the same answer that I'm going to get.

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And if both are negative, they'll cancel out and you'll get a positive answer. If one is negative, or the other, but not both, you'll get a negative answer. That if both are positive, you'll get a positive answer.

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Now what you'll see is that it's actually a very similar methodology. Now that we know a little bit about multiplying positive and negative numbers, Let's think about how how we can divide them.

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