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why -ve X -ve is positive............any idea.....
    
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-1 x -1


means


-1 is added to itself -1 times


(just as 2x2 means 2 is added to itself 2 times)


means -1 is subtracted from itself 1 time


in other words


i can say it like dat


1 is subracted from itself -1 time]


or


1 is added to itself 1 time


this is equal to 1


this is applicable for ne two -ve quantities ....just as u asked


 


....this is all ORIGINAL


 


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hello


i just did smthin gr8 here


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u knw what .......this was all theoretical which was done because u knew that -ve X -ve is +ve....thats all.i was looking for something that could tell me how it was first done or derived
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well u have to start somewhere innit?
why is the smallest positive integer called one
why is one plus one = two
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@hitesh ..


i did it by using d most basic definition of multiplication >>>addition


d more i am looking at it..


d more i am thinking dat this was wat done to prove it originally ...


(and also...my sol is not answer oriented)


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haha....well i have an answer for that....see to develop something we have to define a starter but the algebraic rules are not made or assumed just like that.....they are seen practically by applying them in different areas.....may be that is a reason for that...may be but who knows...the one who first made this rule may have thought differently and derived this from something...so u cant just run away from problems like these....rather we should search and think these very basic fundamentals...to get our doubts cleared
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hitesh ,..


y dont u believe me ...


i m absolutely correct ...


thats how u multiply ...


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see yaar i respect ur thinking...but 1 is added to it -1 times....what did that mean i dont understand
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sorry i meant 1 is subtracted from it -1 times
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when u say 2 x3 is


2 is added to it 3 times ..


its also dat


3 is added to it .. 2 times ..


got it


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well subtraction is -ve of addition


2x(-3) = -2 +  -2 + -2


not u get it


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i think u r doing it very very conventionally....and without any valid proof...ur answer is answer oriented yaar....i dnt knw why but i am not satisfied.....just suppose urself that u r a mathematician and u have to find -n X -n...then hw will u proceed pure mathematically.....nw think again
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i think once


i think pure


i have done it ..and wont be doing it again ...


sorry .............


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hmm u got too emotional i got it....just search why is negative multiplied by negative is positive in google....click the first option and see the second answer...that is a more systematic approach
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