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Is the square of any real number is positive?
no. Because square of zero is neither positive nor negative.
When can the square of a negative number be negative?
This can never be. The square of any number will always be positive. Any positive number multiplied by another positive number will be positive, while any negative number multiplied by another negative number will be positive.
How do you decide which number is greater when one number is negative and one number is positive?
ANY positive number is greater than any negative number. Imagine you are digging a hole, and piling up the dirt you remove from the hole. The hole represents negative numbers- it goes lower than the surface. The piled up dirt represents positive numbers- it is higher than the surface. The surface is zero- neither positive or negative.
When squaring a negative number if the factor is a negative and the exponent is positive will your answer be negative or positive?
If you square any real number it will always be positive.
When a number is positive?
A positive number is any number above zero. A negative number is any number below zero. Zero is not a positive or a negative number. A number's opposite is just the negative. For example: 8's opposite is -8 (negative 8). Hope this helped!
