Two negatives <em>do not </em>equal a positive when adding. If you're in debt and you add more debt, does that get you out of debt?
Two negatives <em>do </em>equal a positive when you're multiplying them together though. This makes sense if you imagine multiplication as squishing or stretching a particular number on the number line. For example, imagine multiplying 2 x 1/2 as <em>squishing </em>the number 2 two times closer to 0. When you multiply 2 by a negative number, say, -1, you squish it so far down that you <em>flip it to the negative side of the number line</em>, bringing it to -2. You can imagine a similar thing happening if you multiply a number like -4 by -2. You squish -4 down to zero, and then <em>flip it to the positive side</em> and stretch it by a factor of 2, bringing it to 8.
Perpendicular slope: opposite and reciprocal -4 opposite and reciprocal = 1/4 Y = 1/4x + b Plug in point -3 = 1/4(8) + b -3 = 2 + b, b = -5 Solution: y = 1/4x - 5
First,you have to divide and see which number can go into 45 , 15 , and 30 what ever your answer is thats how many of each item you can put on each shelf. In your case it would be 15
