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Airida [17]
3 years ago
10

Explain why a positive times a negative is a negative number.

Mathematics
1 answer:
prohojiy [21]3 years ago
8 0

Explanation:

This can be explained by thinking numbers on the number line as:

Lets take we have to multiply a positive number (say, 2) with a negative number say (-3)

<u>2×(-3)</u>

Suppose someone is standing at 0 on the number line and to go to cover -3 , the person moves 3 units in the left hand side. Since, we have to compute for 2×(-3), The person has to cover the same distance twice. At last, he will be standing at -6, which is a negative number.

A image is shown below to represent the same.

<u>Thus, a positive times a negative is a negative number.</u>

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