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josephinevessey · Answer

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josephinevessey · Answer

i keep getting the wrong answer

.sam. · Answer

Just multiply what's wrong?

josephinevessey · Answer

i cant find the answer and the answer i got wasnt close to any of the others

.sam. · Answer

What is the half of 8?

josephinevessey · Answer

4

.sam. · Answer

and when you multiply negative numbers what do you get?

josephinevessey · Answer

i dont know negatives are confusing

jadedry · Answer

A few key rules to remember:

$$x * y = xy$$

$$-x * y = -xy$$

$$-x * -y = xy$$

You just have to memorize this. When you multiply 2 negative numbers, you have a positive number.

.sam. · Answer

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

weirdness · Answer

ok, so multiplying two negative numbers gives you a positive. So you know that the product is positive. Multiply a number by 1/2 is essentially (8*1)/2. This simplifies to 8/2. Now this is a simple division problem where 8/2=4

supersmart1001 · Answer

@josephinevessey this is ur roblem help solve it plz

josephinevessey · Answer

yes i know

supersmart1001 · Answer

ok i was only doing that to bring u here

supersmart1001 · Answer

so what is the problem

supersmart1001 · Answer

hold on i will be back online in a few mins im going to ask a friend who is a utuber partialy