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What number should be divided by $\frac{1}{2}$ to obtain the greatest negative integer?

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Let the number be $x$ .
We know that, greatest negative integer is $- 1$
According to the question,
$x \div \frac{1}{2} = - 1 \Rightarrow x \times 2 = - 1 \Rightarrow x = \frac{- 1}{2}$

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