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∙ 13y ago(-5)2 = 25. This is because multiplying two negative numbers together always leads to a positive number. Think about it like taking a negative amount of negative numbers, which switches them over to positive numbers.
-52 = -25, because you are not multiplying negative 5 by negative 5, you are multiplying 5 by 5, and then multiplying that value by negative 1.
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∙ 13y agopositive
It is a negative !
a negative.
negative 2
No - it results in a negative number.
Yo should say that you cannot explain something that is not true.
No, any 2 negative numbers multiplied together equal a positive number
The absolute value of any negative number is equal to its positive equivalent, that is, the number without its negative sign. In this instance, abs(-54) is equal to 54.
negative 5 is equal to negative 5
Equal negative 14!
when you have a negative times a negative it will equal a positive but when you have a negative times a positive it will equal a negative no matter what!
7 does not equal negative 7.
A negative+ a negative= to a negative number.
no it doesnt. two negative numbers equal a negative number. two postivie numbers equal a positive number. one negative and one positive number equal a negative number.
Of course it is. 'a' can be any positive or negative number, and 'b' is its square.That's no problem.What is difficult is for 'b' to be a negative number in the same equation.No real number for 'a' can produce a negative 'b'.
No. It is positive.
No, it is a positive.