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A negative times a negative times a positive will result in a negative answer. True False

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False hope this helps you
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Answer: False

Step-by-step explanation: This is a false statement. To see why this statement is incorrect, let's look at an example. Let's say we want to multiply (-3) x (-4)

To multiply (-3) × (-4), remember that a negative multiplied by a negative will always result in a positive answer. So, (-3) × (-4) will give us an answer of 12.

Now, let's multiply 12 by a positive number and I will pick 9 as our example. No madder what positive number we pick, our result will always be a positive answer. 12 × 9 = 108 which is a positive number.

Therefore, a negative times a positive will not result in a negative answer.

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