Question

Which fraction is equivalent to negative 5 over 9?

Answer 1

D is the answer. Negative numbers are the same, no matter where the negative sign is. What matters is the order of the numbers.

Answer 2

$\bf \cfrac{-5}{9}\implies -\cfrac{5}{9}~\hspace{10em} \cfrac{5}{-9}\implies -\cfrac{5}{9}$