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The result is a negative number in this case.
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Why does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive number?
It does not. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.
Negative plus negative equals what?
A negative plus a negative equals a negative.
What is a negative number plus a negative number?
a negative number. think banking..... no money plus no money is ? Nothing (negative) "no money" would be zero, wouldn't it? Zero, or "nothing", is not negative. Still, a negative number plus a negative number is a negative number. minus X plus minus Y equals minus(X + Y).
How do you multiply a whole number by a negative number?
positivetimes negative equals negative neg. times neg. equals pos. pos.pos. equals pos.
Does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive or a negative number?
It could equal both a negagtive number or a positive number. To get a definite positive or negative you times or divide. Well in addition and subtraction negative plus a negative equals a bigger negative. Kinda like -4+-4 =-8, but in multiplication and division 2 negatives equal a positive. -2 times-2 =positive 4.
Negative number plus negative number equals?
a negative number
Why does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive number?
It does not. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.
Negative plus negative equals what?
A negative plus a negative equals a negative.
Does a negative plus a posative equals?
it depends on the number
What is a negative number plus a negative number?
a negative number. think banking..... no money plus no money is ? Nothing (negative) "no money" would be zero, wouldn't it? Zero, or "nothing", is not negative. Still, a negative number plus a negative number is a negative number. minus X plus minus Y equals minus(X + Y).
Thirteen plus Negative Eight?
Note that adding a negative number is equivalent to subtracting a positive number, so 13 + -8 is the same as 13 - 8 which equals 5.
What number plus negative 3 equals positive 3?
6
What does a negative plus a negative mean?
A negative plus a negative equals a negative.
Negative PLUS a positive equals?
It is a negative if the negative number has the higher absolute value and positive if the positive number has the higher absolute value.
Why does a negative plus a negative equal a negative?
A negative plus a negative equals a negative because the operation you're doing is equivalent to subtraction. If you wrote down a sum "negative 3 plus negative 7" it would look like this: -3+-7 which is the same as -3-7 Whenever you add a negative number you are actually taking more away, and this is why a negative plus a negative equals a negative - You start with a negative number, and are taking even more away, so you will only ever end up with a negative number.
What do you do when you are adding a negative and a negative?
You minus it off the original negative number, so if it was -5 plus -2 it equals -7
Negative plus a negative positive?
nope negative plus negative equals a negative -2+(-4)=-6 but negative times negative equals a positive
