Since 405 is positive, using one negative number forces one to actually use two negative numbers. The pair -1x-405 would work for instance.
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No, two negatives multiplied together always form a positive number.
Negative 2 and negative 36 multiplied together equal 72 -2 x -36 = 72 Remember when you multiply two negative numbers together you get a postivie number. Since 72 is an even number it has to be divisible by 2 so if you divide it by 2 the number you get (36) times 2 equals 72.
The product of two numbers is the two numbers multiplied together. When multiplying a positive number and a negative number, the answer is always negative. For example: 7*-3= -21
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Because two negative multiplied together equal a positive. So after the first multiplication we have a positive and a negative. When we multiply these we have a negative.