|4*(-14)|/(-12)

$$\frac{|\mathbf{4*(-14)}|}{(-12)}$$

 

$$\frac{|-48|}{-12}$$

 

Absolute values make everything inside them positive:

 

$$\frac{48}{-12}$$

 

Move the minus sign to the outside:

 

$$-\frac{48}{12}$$

 

divide the top and bottom by 12

 

$$-\frac{48\div12}{12\div12}$$

 

$$-\frac{4}{1}$$

 

$$\mathbf{-4}$$

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