SOLUTION: The -5/3 I saw it broken up into -1 * 5/3. Is that true for any negative number that... it's always -1 times the number?

SOLUTION: The -5/3 I saw it broken up into -1 * 5/3. Is that true for any negative number that... it's always -1 times the number?

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Question 280519: The -5/3 I saw it broken up into -1 * 5/3. Is that true for any negative number that... it's always -1 times the number?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-5/3=-1*5/3 also =5/-3
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