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What is a rule for raising a negative number into a power number?
The answer depends on the power number. If, for example, the power number is -0.5, then there is no rule in real numbers.
What is the general rule for raising a number to the power of 1?
Raising a number to the power of 1 doesn't change the number.
Raising a product to a power exponent rule?
power of 0
Why is that negative number multiplied by a positive number a negative number?
Because that is the rule. negative * negative=positve positive *negative=negative and vice versa
What are the rule for dividing negative numbers?
The rules for dividing negative numbers is the same as multiplying them. A negative number multiplied/divided by a negative number is positive and a negative number multiplied/divided by a positive number is negative.
What is the rule for subtracting negative numbers?
The rule for subtracting negative numbers is 'when you are subtracting a negative number from a positive or negative, you must always add it.'Example: 3--3 = 3+3 = 6
Why does a negative integer raised to an even power always result in a positive integer?
The multiplication rule of thumb always states that a negative number times a negative number results in a positive number. Since an even number is always divisible by two, any value raised to an even integer power will result in a positive number. However, a basic proof is presented as follows: (-A) * (-A) = A^2 ((-A) * (-A)) ^ 2 = ((-A * -A) * (-A * -A)) = A^2 * A^2 = A ^ 4 ...
When adding a positive number to a negative number what is a good rule for determining the sign of the sum?
If the negative number is a bigger number, the answer will be negative. Conversely, if the positive number is bigger, the answer will be positive. -20+10= -10 (larger negative number) -10+20=10 (larger positive number)
What is the general rule for multiplying a decimal by a negative integer power of 10?
The decimal point is moved to the left by the value of the power.
When you multiply a negative number by a negative number is the number positive or negative?
Positive A simple rule to remember this is when multiplying two numbers with the same sign, the result is ALWAYS positive. When multiplying two numbers with different signs, the results is ALWAYS negative.
What is the rule for a number multiplied by the power of zero?
Anything to the zero power equals one.
A negative number times a positive number will be either positive or negative depending on the sign of the larger number.?
No, the rule for multiplication is much easier than that. If the two numbers have the same sign, then their product is positive. If they have different signs, then their product is negative.
