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Question 196260: Could you please help me with this question below.
8M multiplied by negitive 4
Wouldn't that equal negitave 128?
This is actually a Algebra question with a negitive, i couldn't find the best one to fit into this question.
Please help me! Thank you!

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Presuming your M is a variable, then no. It would be -32M. The only way that 8M times -4 would equal -128 is if M were equal to 4, because then you would have (8)(4)(-4) = (8)(-16) = -128. And it is 'negative' not 'negitive' or 'negitave'.


John