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If you know that the product of 2 negative numbers is positive, then
the product of 4 negative numbers has to be positive.
The product of the first two negative numbers is positive and the next two negative numbers is positive. Multiplying the product of the first two numbers
(positive number) and the product of the last two numbers (also positive), is a positive number times a positive number which is positive.
Let a, b, c and d be negative numbers:
(a*b*c*d) = (a*b)*(c*d)
(-ve*-ve*-ve*-ve)=(-ve*-ve)*(-ve*-ve)= (+ve)*(+ve) = (+ve)
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Does a negative times a positive equal a negative What are the steps of multipyling negative and positive numbers?
Yes. In multiplication, the product is positive if the factors have the same sign,and the product is negative if they have oppositesigns.
Does multipling two negative numbers equal a positive?
If two numbers have the same sign, their product is positive. If two numbers have opposite signs, their product is negative. So the answer is 'yes'.
What is a negative number times a negative number equal?
If the signs of both numbers are the same, the product will be positive. If the signs of the numbers are different, the product will be negative.
Why does the product of 3 negative numbers equal a negative number number?
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.
What does negative 4 times negative 8 equal?
The same as +4 times +8. The product of two negative numbers is positive.
