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Why does a positive number and a negative number cancel each other out?
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The range of the numbers from 0 is what additively cancels the different values
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What does a plus minus a minus equal?
A positive number minus a negative number? x - -x is the same as x + x because the negative signs cancel each other out and become positive. So, when you see two negative signs right after the other, just add.
Why is it impossible to get a negative answer when you square any number?
V kno that- x- is +. Now when u sqare a negative no it means occouring 2 times and cancel out each other. For example- -2 x -2=4 ============================ (a second answer.) Every real number is either negative, positive or zero. When you square a number, you multiply it by itself, so if you square a negative number, you are multiplying a negative by a negative which gives a positive. If you square a positive, you multiply a positive by a positive and get a positive. If you square 0 , get 0. Therefore, in no case is the answer negative. ( It is harder to explain why a negative times a negative is positive.)
When dividing negative number by a positive number what is the results?
A negative number divided by a positive number will be a negative number. For example: -20 / 4 = -5 -100 / 2 = -50 Here are the other cases of division by positive or negative numbers. A negative number divided by a negative number would be a positive number. A positive number divided by a positive number would be a positive number. A positive number divided by a negative number would be a negative number.
What does a positive times a positive equal?
A positive number multiplied by another positive number yields a positive number. A negative number multiplied by another negative number also yields a positive number. Only multiplying a negative number by a positive number (or the other way around) yields a negative number as the product.
What happers if you multiply or divide two negative numbers?
When you divide or multiply two negative numbers they cancel each other out and you have a positive answer. We are measuring relationships instead of moving on a number line like addition or subtraction.
What is the rule for adding a positive and negative number?
Adding a positive and negative number, the sum will always be negative. Example: 10+-20=-10 If you add two negatives, they cancel each other out making it positive.
Is the product of two negative numbers always a positive number?
yes because the negatives cancel each other out, but if there is an odd number of negatives the answer is negative.
What is positive eight minus negative 3?
When you have to subtract a negative number, the two negatives cancel each other out to create a positive. So really, your question is what is positive 8 plus positive 3.
When you divide a negative and a negative does it equal a positive or negative?
It makes a positive, since the two negative signs cancel each other out.
Can the same number positive and negative cancel each other out?
-3+(3)=0 3+(-3)=0
When you multiply a positve number by a negative number what is the sign of the answer?
negative. When you multiply, if there are an odd number of negative signs, the answer is negative. If there are an even number of negative signs, the answer is positive. Or another way to think of this is that two negative signs cancel each other out when multiplying.
What will you get if you divide two negative number?
A positive because two negatives cancel each other out to create a positive. Example: -40/-10= 4
How can atoms be neutral if they have charged particles?
because in their neutral state the number of positive particles is equal to the number of negative particles and the magnitude of a single positive charge is the same as the magnitude of a single negative charge in short the positive and negative charges cancel each other out
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 does a plus minus a minus equal?
A positive number minus a negative number? x - -x is the same as x + x because the negative signs cancel each other out and become positive. So, when you see two negative signs right after the other, just add.
When you add a negative number by a negative number do you get a negative or positive number?
You get a positive number because a negative number reverses the other negative so it becomes a positive number.
Is a negative number with a negative exponents positive?
If the exponent is an even number, then yes, because exponents are basically repeated division and negatives always cancel each other out in division. However if the exponent is an odd number, the number will remain negative, because they can't form even pairs to cancel one another out.
