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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP !! -- The temperature of a liquid decreases steadily over several hours. If you calculate the total change in temperature after several hours, will your answer be positive or negative? Explain using the sign rules of multiplication or division.

OpenStudy (lucaz):

if the temperture decreases, it's a negative change(neg. number) that will be diveded by a change in time, wich is a positive number, the time is always increasing

OpenStudy (lucaz):

\[\large{ \frac{(+)}{(-)}=(-)}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank youu

OpenStudy (lucaz):

oppes I inverted the fraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what omf

OpenStudy (lucaz):

it's (-) / (+) = ( - )

OpenStudy (lucaz):

also negative..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is the worded response you gave me correct?

OpenStudy (lucaz):

yeah, I just inverted the fraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

alright thanks again!

OpenStudy (lucaz):

no problem

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