The following operations are defined for real numbers:
$a \neq b = a + b$ if $a$ and $b$ both are positive
else $a \neq b = 1$
Given that $\frac{(x\neq (-y))}{(-x\Delta y)}$ is equal to $3/8$, for two integers $x$ and $y$, which of the following statements is true:
- Both $x$ and $y$ are negative
- $x = 1$ and $y =2$
- $x < 0, y > 0$
- $x > 0, y < 0$