Why does multiplying two negative numbers equal a positive number?
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The way that math is taught, being taught memorization or formula means you think of multiplication as it’s own operation that does a specific thing. But it isn’t.
Multiplication is just super addition. Like 3 x 4 is 3+3+3+3. But if it’s -3 x 4, that’s -3 + -3 + -3 + -3.
This actually happens on the next level up too. 3^4. Exponentiation is just super multiplication. Or super super addition.
3 x 3 x 3 x 3 which is really 3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3
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