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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the difference between -3/4 and -(3/4) or 3/-4? Are they all the same? If not, an example of how each differ please.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they're all the same

OpenStudy (anonymous):

theyre all the same

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So why, sometimes, are they written in these different forms?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats math for you lol. countless possibilities and many ways to get the same answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok, thank you all very much! I would give all of you medals but the update changed that :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if it confuses you sometimes it helps to multiply by one as in -(3/4) is -1*3/4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1337920713836:dw| all the same

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