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A. Adrian says that 4(-9) =36. Why is Adrian incorrect? B. What is one change you can make to Adrian's equation to make it correct?

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Answer:

A. Adrian is incorrect because the product of a positive number and a negative number should be negative.

B. Change 4 to -4 so as to have two negative numbers being multiplied together, this will give us a positive result as seen below;


-4(-9)=36

Step-by-step explanation:

A) When a positive number is multiplied by a negative and vice versa, the product will be negative.

We're told that Adrian multiplied a positive number by a negative number and had a positive result 4(-9) = 36. This is incorrect because the product of a positive number and a negative number should be negative.

B) The product of two negative numbers will be positive. So we can change 4 to -4 so as to have two negative numbers being multiplied together, this will give us a positive result as seen below;


-4(-9)=36

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