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Why does a positive number multiplied by a negative number gives you a positive answer?
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∙ 13y ago
It should not.
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Is a positive number multiplied by a negative number a positive answer?
No No. Positive number multiplied by a negative number gives a negative number.
What does a positive number multiplied by a positive number equal?
A positive number multiplied by a positive number will give a positive answer:1 x 1 = 1In contrast, a negative number multiplied by a positive number gives a negative answer:-1 x 1 = -1Finally two negative numbers multiplied together give a positive answer:-1 x -1 = 1
What is negative 2 multiplied by negative 2?
A negative multiplied by a negative gives a positive, so the answer is 4.
What is the answer to -22 x 22?
A negative number multiplied by a positive number gives a negative result, so -22 times 22 is -484
When multipying two negatives gives positive?
always...whenever u multiply a negative with a negative it gives a positive other rules are: - * - = + -*+ = - +*+=+ -*-*-=- because - * - is positive multiplied by negative is negative
A NEGATIVE number divided by a negative number?
Rules When Dividing Positive and Negative Numbers:Rule 1: A positive number divided by a negative number gives you a negative number.Rule 2: A negative Number divided by a negative number gives you a positive numberRule 3: A positive number divided by a positive number gives you a positive number.
How do you reduce a fraction with a negative number as the numerator and denominator?
A negative number divided by another negative number (much like a negative number multiplied by another negative number) gives you a positive result. The two minus signs cancel each other out.
What are 2 different number using positive and negative numbers that gives you an answer of negative 30?
-5 and 6 or 5 and -6. Multiplied together, they give -30.
What is 1 times 4?
-3
How do you divide a negative number by a negative number?
A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4
The product of an odd number of negative factors is positive?
False.positive x positive = positivepositive x negative = negativenegative x positive = negativenegative x negative = positiveEvery 2 negative factors provides a positive result, so if there are an odd number of negative factors, there are 2n + 1 of them which means the 2n would provide a positive factor to be multiplied by the final negative factor which gives a negative result.
What is zero multiplied by negative 5?
Any number multiplied by zero gives a product of 0.
