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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

Suppose that the values of , , and are given by What is ?
Solution
Since division by is the same as multiplication by , we are being asked to find Since , the reciprocal of is . So we get The final answer is positive, because two of the three numbers being multiplied are negative (and a negative number times a negative number is a positive number).
Final answer
\frac{130}{231}