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True or False?:

A negative times a negative is always positive

4 • -6 is positive because the larger number is negative

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Truth cause when you you multiply a negative times a negative it will always be positive
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The first statement is true, because the two negative signs cancel each other out. However, the second is false because any time you multiply a positive number by a negative number the product is always negative. Therefore 4x-6=-24

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