Use Your Calculator to Perform Each Calculation and Observe the Answers

Multiple Choice

Use your calculator to perform each calculation and observe the answers. Use inductive reasoning to determine which statement is true.
- $$\frac { ( - 3 ) \times 24 } { 8 \times 3 } ; \frac { ( - 14 ) \times 25 } { ( - 5 ) \times ( - 7 ) } ; \frac { - 3 \times ( - 40 ) } { ( - 2 ) \times ( - 12 ) \times ( - 7 ) } ; \frac { - 3.8 \times ( - 4 ) \times 1.3 \times ( - 5 ) } { ( - 9 ) \times ( - 9.4 ) \times ( 6.1 ) }$$ What is true about expressions containing products of nonzero numbers in both the numerator and denominator?

A) If the total number of negative numbers in the expression is odd, the result can be either negative or positive.
B) If the total number of negative numbers in the expression is odd, the result is negative.
C) If the total number of negative numbers in the expression is odd, the result is positive.
D) If the total number of negative numbers in the expression is odd, the result.is smaller than -1.