However, -1 x -1 is positive 1, and not -1.
If (-1)x(-1), would equal -1
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Nov 16, 2022
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Mango314 wrote:
However, -1 x -1 is positive 1, and not -1.
My theory technically proved that.
If (-1)×(-1) = -1
Then [(-1)+1][(-1)+1] = 0
(-1)(-1) + (-1)(1) + (1)(-1) + (1)(1) = 0
(-1) + (-1) + (-1) + 1 = 0
-2 = 0
math will fail!
Or another way is Humans must use the symbols - for positive numbers and + for negative numbers.
And that makes +1 < 0 < -1
Nov 18, 2022
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JomsupVora2020 wrote:
Or another way is Humans must use the symbols - for positive numbers and + for negative numbers.
And that makes +1 < 0 < -1
My demonstration makes sense, yours does not.
Multiplying by negative numbers is the same as subtracting that number from 0.
(-1)x(2)=-2
(-1)x(1)=-1
(-1)x(0)=0
(-1)x(-1)=1
(-1)-(-1)=-1+1=0=(-1)x(0)
(-1)-(-1)-(-1)=-1+1+1=(-1)x(-1)
(-1)x(2)=-2
(-1)x(1)=-1
(-1)x(0)=0
(-1)x(-1)=1
(-1)-(-1)=-1+1=0=(-1)x(0)
(-1)-(-1)-(-1)=-1+1+1=(-1)x(-1)
Then if (-1)x(-1) equals -1, then (1+ -1)x(1+ -1) would be 1+-1+-1+-1 =-3 and not 0 ! which it is.