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What are some negative numbers you use in the real world?
1) Temperature below zero degrees is denoted by a negative number. 2) In business, profit is shown as positive and loss as negative
How are negative integers used in the real world?
Whenever you have two opposites, you can use positive number for one, and negative numbers for the other. For example: * Having money might be positive, owing money might be negative (owing money is worse than just having nothing). * Getting money might be a positive change; spending money (or otherwise losing it), a negative change. * Places above sea level might be assigned a positive altitude; places below sea level, a negative altitude. * If latitudes north of the equator are defined as positive, then latitudes south of the equator would be negative. Or the other way round.
When a solution set to a real world problem involving polynomials contains both positive and negative solutions why are the negative solutions often discarded?
The negative solutions are often discard because they have no real meaning in the real world, for example, you can not have -6 apples, it just doesn't make sense.
Where can positive and negative numbers be found in the real world?
The temperature of a room or country. e.g. In Canada it is -3 or in London it is 3 C
What are some positive and negative impacts of construction?
Hmm, well construction is positive in that it can provide structures that help the world... housing, factories, animal shelters, cruise ships, etc. On the other hand, it can be negative as far as environmental impact or changing land use... taking away the habitat of a rare bird or animal for instance, or displacing a population or a site important to history in favor of "progress." There are good and bad things about all decisions, and the individual cases have to be looked at.
