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7th grade (Illustrative Mathematics)

Lesson 12: Lesson 12: Negative rates

Multiplying & dividing negative numbers word problems

A certain reality TV show lost a total of 9, comma, 000 viewers over the past 3 months. It lost the same number of viewers each month.

The following equation describes this situation.

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minus, 9, comma, 000, divided by, 3, equals, minus, 3, comma, 000

What does minus, 3, comma, 000 tell us?

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