If two numbers are multiplied and one of them is negative, the answer will turn out negative.
If the two numbers being multiplied are either both negative or both positive, the answer will turn out positive.
Example:
-2 * 2 = -4
-2 * -2 = 4
2 * 2 = 4
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Negative times negative equals positive.
Minus. You are multiplying a negative number a positive number of times. -3(2) -9
Three times negative one equals negative three. In mathematical terms, ( 3 \times (-1) = -3 ). This is because multiplying a positive number by a negative number results in a negative product.
If you are multiplying a negative number times a negative number, you multiply regularly but the answer in negative. If you are multipling 2 negatives, you multiply it regularly, again, but the answer is positive, and if u multiply 2 positives, obviously its a positive.
Negative times negative is always a positive.