Simple but don't understand

[crystalized27]

When you are doing division of integers and the problem is written like a fraction how do you figure the problem if the negative sign is next to the fraction bar rather than next to the variable itself?

 

[tkhunny]

These are all the same.

\(\displaystyle \L\,-(\frac{a}{b})\)

\(\displaystyle \L\,\frac{(-a)}{b}\)

\(\displaystyle \L\,\frac{a}{(-b)}\)