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Well, a positive number minus a greater positive number equals a negative number. But it's impossible for a negative number to be subtracted from any number.

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Q: Does a positive number minus a negative number equal a positve number?
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Why is -1 X -1 equals plus 1?

Any time that a negative number is being multipled by another negative number, it equals a positive number. In this case, -1 multiplied by -1 equals 1. Another example of this is -5 multiplied by -5 which equals 25. Though if you multiply a negative by a positve, it equals a negative. If you were to multiply a positive by a positve, it will always equal a positve.


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