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Why is - multiplied by - = +? Plz explain both by algebraic and co-ordinate system.
Asked by mmishra23 | 29 Apr, 2009, 05:22: PM
answered-by-expert Expert Answer

In the method you gave n(-1)(-1)=(1/n)(-1) = n
It should have been (n-1)-1 = (1/n)-1 = n  which leads to prove that reciprocal of reciprocal is number itself

Here is a method to prove algebraically

Basically we need to find
(-1)(-1) = ?

The possible values could be -1 or +1

and the answer is that the following convention has been adopted:

(-1)(-1) = +1

For example, if we adopted the convention that (-1)(-1) = -1, the distributive property of multiplication wouldn't work for negative numbers:

(-1)(1 + -1) = (-1)(1) + (-1)(-1)

(-1)(0) = -1 + -1

0 = -2
Which is contradiction hence(-1)(-1) = +1
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