OOT: Negative number multiplication

jazzmuzik ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Wed May 24 03:50:18 UTC 2006


I'm not good at math, but that won't stop me from taking a stab at it:

5 x (-3) = 5 x (-1)3 =  -1(3+3+3+3+3) = -1(15) = -15

(-5) x (-3) = -1(5) x -1(3) = -1 x -1(3+3+3+3+3) = -1 x -1(15) = 1(15)
=15

Yeah, what Chuck says above looks right.


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jazzmuzik




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