document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201691>Question 201691</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you give me some proves why does the product of two negative numbers is positive? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To  be  brief,  think  of  a  negative  number  as  a  debt. If  you  double  the  debt(multiply  by  +2) it  makes  sense  that  it  is  twice  as  negative.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However  if  you  multiply  a  debt  by  (-2) , it  also  makes  sense  that  you  now  have  positive  double the  value  of  debt.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This  is  very  similar  to  a  double  negative  in  English. Do \"not be not  good\"(bad), is  a  positive  \"be  good\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hopefully  this  might  help.  Keep  up  good  work </SPAN>\n" );
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