SOLUTION: Hi, Please help with the following: The fractions -42/-45 and and 14/15 are equivalent fractions? True or False? Wouldn't it be false because the first set has a negative sign i

Question 828771: Hi, Please help with the following:
The fractions -42/-45 and and 14/15 are equivalent fractions? True or False? Wouldn't it be false because the first set has a negative sign in front of it?
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you divide a minus by a minus, you get a plus, so:

and

The answer is true

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