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When you are talking about opposites, or inverses; we know that for everything there is an opposite to that particular "thing". As in happy opposite of happy would be sad,
opposite of tall would be short, opposite of high would be low. Math has these type of opposites as well, for example, opposite of addition is subtraction, opposite of multiplication is division.
So when you think of negative numbers there opposite would be positive. what is the opposite of a negative person? A positive person.
Math works kind of the same way, if you want to cancel a number out to get zero or take its additive inverse you would add its opposite.
for example, the number 6 we want to find its opposite to get an overall value of zero what do we have to add to "6" to get zero? We would have to add -6 (negative 6) or its opposite.
6+ (-6)= 0 or 6-6=0
I hope this explanation helps a bit!
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Are the product of two opposite numbers positive?
No. The product of two opposite numbers is always negative. Negative x positive = negative and Positive x negative = negative
Is the product of two opposite numbers positive?
positive x positive = positive negative x negative = positive negative x positive = negative
Why does two minuses equal a plus?
A negative number is the opposite of a positive number. If a positive number measures the money you have, then a negative number measures the money you owe. If you multiply two negative numbers together, you are getting the opposite of an opposite. One negative negates the other, leaving you with a positive.
Why is the quotient of two negative numbers positive?
A negative number is an opposite or reversal of a positive number. For example, if a million dollars is a lot of money to have, then it is also true that a million dollars is a lot of money to owe. If you reverse something twice, you return to the original state. So a negative times a negative (or a negative divided by a negative) is a positive. The opposite of the opposite is the original.
What is the opposite of the absolute value of 8?
The additive opposite is negative 8 (-8). Absolute values are always positive numbers.
