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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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When you divide a minus by a minus, you get a plus, so:
+%28+-42+%29+%2F+%28+-45+%29+=+42%2F45+
and
+42+%2F+45+=+%28+3%2A14+%29+%2F+%28+3%2A15+%29+
+42+%2F+45+=+14%2F15+
The answer is true