Answer:
ecall that 6 + 6 + 6 = 6 × 3
Instead of adding 6 three times, you can multiply 6 by 3 and get 18, the same answer.
Similarly,
6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 6 × 7 = 42
Still by the same token,
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 2 × 4
In algebra, 2 × 4 can be written as (2)(4)
You can think of this as four groups of 2.
This situation is shown in the number line below.
You basically start at 0 and count by 2's until you have put four 2's on the number line. You end up at 8 and 8 is positive.
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