SOLUTION: What is the error? A student writes: "The quotient of an integer divided by an integer of the opposite sign has the sign of the integer with the greater absolute value?" Wha

Question 221437: What is the error? A student writes:
"The quotient of an integer divided by an integer of the opposite sign has the sign of the integer with the greater absolute value?"
What is the student's error?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sign of the quotient does not depend on values, only signs.
Opposite signs produce a negative quotient.
Same signs produce a positive quotient.
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PS This is also true for products.

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