Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM to Post on Main@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agoI'm curioushexbear.netimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squarealexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoBut wouldn’t multiplying two negative numbers make a more negative number? That doesn’t make no sense.
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agoAdding two negatives will do that. Multiplying them gives a positive product. I’m sure some math nerd can explain why this is, but I just remember it from school
minus-squarealexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI appreciate your lovely explanation but I was doing a bit 😭
But wouldn’t multiplying two negative numbers make a more negative number? That doesn’t make no sense.
Adding two negatives will do that. Multiplying them gives a positive product. I’m sure some math nerd can explain why this is, but I just remember it from school
I appreciate your lovely explanation but I was doing a bit 😭