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Can the same number positive and negative cancel each other out?
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-3+(3)=0
3+(-3)=0
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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 two numbers a negative and positive multiply to 72 and add up to -17?
A negative and a positive number will multiply to a negative number. Other than that, -9 and -8 will satisfy your conditions.
How do you add integers?
To add integers there are few rules. if your adding a negative and a negative, the answer is always negative!-5 + -5= -10 Examples:-6 + -2 = -8-10 + -10 =-20-2 + -5 = -7When your adding a positive and a negative... well it depends. A positive and a negative are opposites: so they cancel each other out. In other words, when adding a positive and a negative, go to the right of the number line.Examples:-8 + 3 = -5-1 + 5 = 46 + -2 = 8Theres also another way to do it. Forget the signs! Take the greater number (positive and negative) and put it on the top. Then make a subtraction problem.-10 + 6 =10 - 6 = 4Which number is greater? that's right, ten! 10 was origanally a negative so your answer is negative.Answer -4
A negaotive times a positive equals?
a negative but of there are a equal number of negatives then a positive... the negatives counter each other
What is the absolute value of a negative number?
The absolute value of a number is the distance it is away from zero or in other words, the number will become positive, but if it is already positive, will remain the same.
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.
Why does a positive number and a negative number cancel each other out?
The range of the numbers from 0 is what additively cancels the different values
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.
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 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.
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
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.
