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Is a positive number multiplied by a negative number a positive answer?
No No. Positive number multiplied by a negative number gives a negative number.
What do you do when you have a negative number to a negative exponent?
it would be a negative multiplied by a negative and your answer should end up positive.
What is a negative number multiplied by a negative number?
A negative number multiplied by another negative number equals a positive number. For example, -5 · -5 = positive 25.
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.
What is a positive number multiplied by a negative number?
a negative number
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