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What's the proof for a negative number times another negative number gives a positive number?
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Stephen Tashi said:Are you studying the arithmetic of numbers? Or are you studying something more advanced like algebra.
If you are studying algebra, perhaps what you want to see is a proof of something like
(-x)(-y) = xy. ( Strictly speaking a number like "-x" isn't necessarily "a negative" For example if x = -3 then -x is a positive number. )
Taturana said:I'm studying arithmetic of numbers. I want to understand why the product of, say, -3 for -4 is 12 and not -12.
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