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How can you tell from the number of factors when a product is positive or negative?
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∙ 7y ago
If you are multiplying negative numbers, an odd number of factors will have a negative product. An even number of factors will have a positive product.
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Does the number of positive factors affect the sign of a product?
No, only the number of negative factors affect its sign.
Why is the product of a negative number and a positive number negative?
In math, a product is the result of multiplying. Multiplication is distributive over positive and negative numbers, which means, when a negative number is multiplied by a positive number, it always yields a negative result.
Is the product of 33 negative numbers and 3 positive numbers a positive or negative number?
The product of all those numbers will always be a negative number.
Is the product of two negative number a negative number?
no. a negative multiplied by a negative is a positive.
Why does the number of negative factors affect the signs of the product in math equations?
Multiplying or dividing a positive and negative gives a negative result. Multiplying or dividing two negatives gives a positive result.
Will a problem with a even number of negative factors have a negative product or positive product?
Positive.
Is the product of twenty-one negative integers is negative?
Yes. The product of an odd number (21, in this case) of negative factors will be negative; if the number of negative factors is even, the product will be positive.
What is th product of two or more nonzero whole numbers?
The product is also a whole number. If the (number of positive factors) minus the (number of negative factors) is zero or an even number, then the product is positive. Otherwise the product is negative.
The product of 18 negative factors will be?
If an even number of negative factors are multiplied together (such as 18 factors), the answer will be positive. If there are an odd number of negative factors, the answer will be negative.
What is the sign of the product of an even number of negative factors?
The product will be positive in this case.
What is the sign of the product of an odd number of negative factors?
even
Does the number of positive factors affect the sign of a product?
No, only the number of negative factors affect its sign.
Is the product of 21 negative numbers and 23 positive numbers a positive number or a negative number?
It is a negative number, because every pair of negative factors makes a positive, and you have 10 pairs plus one left over.
What determines the sign of a product?
The sign of the factors. These are the rules: * If there is a zero factor, the product is zero. * If there is an even number of negative factors (two, four, six, etc. odd factors), the product is positive. * If there is an odd number of negative factors (one, three, five, etc. odd factors), the productd is negative.
Why is the product positive when there is an even number of negative factors?
Due to the sign rules for multiplication, if you multiply several negative numbers, you'll get a result that is alternately negative, positive, negative, positive, etc.
Is the product of a negative and a positive number depend on which number is larger before you multiply them?
No. The product of a negative number and a positive number is always negative.
What is a negative product?
A product that results in a negative number such as multiplication of a positive number with a negative number resulting in a negative number, a negative product.
