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What is the rule for multiplying negative and positive numbers? If you have
3 x -2, is the answer negative 6
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What is the rule for multiplying negative and positive numbers? If you have
3 x -2, is the answer negative 6
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Question 59106: I am running into a problem when I try to figure out this answer.
What is the rule for multiplying negative and positive numbers? If you have
3 x -2, is the answer negative 6?
This is the problem I have to answer:
2(x-3)-3(x+5)=3(x-2)-7 Answer by rcmcc(152) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! no, when multiplying negatives with a positive the answer is always negative, when multiplying two negatives, the answer is positive.
to solve this question we must expand the terms into the brackets.
we can combine these terms
add x to both sides,
add 13 to both sides
divide out 4 to isolate x
good luck
