Consider the following expression:-27 x (-18)By the laws of signs, this is equivalent to27 x 18 this is equivalent to:27 x 18= 486we can conclude thatthe correct answer is:486I feel like that’s wrong,

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The answer is actually CORRECT.

The correct procedure is when two negatives multiply each other, the answer is always a positive.

Therefore;

$\begin{gathered} -27*(-18)=27*18 \\ 27*18=486 \end{gathered}$

We can conclude that the correct answer is 486

Haseeb Khan answered Aug 31, 2023

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