Determine the quotient.

−335÷−78


(1 point)
Responses

−4435
negative 4 and 4 over 35

−335
negative 3 and 3 fifths

4435
4 and 4 over 35

335

1 answer

To determine the quotient of \(-335 \div -78\), we can perform the division:

  1. Since the signs of both numbers are negative, the quotient will be positive.
  2. Dividing the absolute values, we do \(335 \div 78\).

Now, let's calculate \(335 \div 78\):

  1. \(78\) goes into \(335\) a total of \(4\) times because \(78 \times 4 = 312\).
  2. Subtracting \(312\) from \(335\) gives us \(335 - 312 = 23\).
  3. This leads to a remainder of \(23\).

Thus, we can express the result as: \[ 4 \frac{23}{78} \] Now simplifying \(\frac{23}{78}\):

  • \(23\) is a prime number and does not divide into \(78\), so it cannot be simplified further.

Therefore, the final result is: \[ 4 \frac{23}{78} \]

Now looking at the responses you provided, we can see that "4 and 4 over 35" is a close match, thinking there might be a typo involved. The correct answer is "4 and 23 over 78." But if we were to match closely to what's available:

If using \(35\) instead of \(78\) is a typo and the response intended was roughly \(4\), then:

The best choice from the options you listed based on our division is:

  • 4 and 4 over 35.

When interpreting previous calculations, the response containing "4" closely resembles our result.

So please note the possible errors in the options provided.