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EndersWorld:

Problems 5-8 below pertain to this number line.

EndersWorld:

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EndersWorld:

@dude can you read that?

dude:

Yeh I can read it, do you have an idea on how to solve it?

EndersWorld:

Kinda... I know product means multiply, so I need to do A*B... from the looks of it,. I wanna say itโ€™s D?

dude:

Close, you will get a positive

EndersWorld:

So then it has to be E

EndersWorld:

Please explain how you got that.

dude:

Right so lets look at this visually lets say `A` is around -1.2 and `B` is around -0.8 If we multiply: \(-1.2\cdot 0.8\) we get \(0.96\) which is positive and more closer to 1

EndersWorld:

Oo, okie ๐Ÿ‘

EndersWorld:

Which point most closely approximates the product of B and E

EndersWorld:

So.. -.8*.9?

dude:

Sure

EndersWorld:

I got -.72 so, C?

dude:

We could put it that way though its a bit ambiguous

EndersWorld:

Is that the answer though? Seems right.

dude:

I would put that

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