SOLUTION: Show Work please....Totally confused Question: Of a possible quotients of the numbers 10, -1/2, -5, and 1/5, which two produce the largest quotient and which two produce the lowes

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Question: Of a possible quotients of the numbers 10, -1/2, -5, and 1/5, which two produce the largest quotient and which two produce the lowest quotient?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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10 divided by 1/5 is the same as multiplying by 5 so the quotient is 50
Lowest would be -5 divided by 1/5 with -25 as the quotient.
10 divided by -1/2 is the same as multiplying by -2 so the quotient is -20.
Two things to remember are that negative is lower than plus (positive) and that
dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal.