When dividingreal numbers, the quotient will be positive if the signs are the same and it will be negative if the signs are different.
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Same Sign & Different Signs
(+)÷ (+)=(+) & (+)÷(-)=(-)
(-)÷(-)=(+) & (-)÷(+)=(-)
In our case one number is negative and one number is positive, so the quotient will be negative.
- 48 ÷ 8 = - 6
We can verify this using a calculator.