Rule 3:
If there is one minus sign in a simple fraction, the value of the fraction will be negative.
Problem 4: Write the fraction in two other ways and
find the value of the fraction .
Answer. It makes no difference where the minus sign is
located; therefore can be written as
or
. Since the numerator is 0, then
the value of the fraction is 0.
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