Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoI'm curioushexbear.netimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1imageI'm curioushexbear.netAlaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-24 months agoStatement A: Americans hate Chinese (Negative statement) Statement B: Americans hate Muslims (Negative statement) So we have -A x -B = +AB. The product of two negatives is a positive. It’s just how math works.
minus-squarealexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoBut wouldn’t multiplying two negative numbers make a more negative number? That doesn’t make no sense.
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoAdding two negatives will do that. Multiplying them gives a positive product. I’m sure some math nerd can explain why this is, but I just remember it from school
Statement A: Americans hate Chinese (Negative statement)
Statement B: Americans hate Muslims (Negative statement)
So we have -A x -B = +AB. The product of two negatives is a positive. It’s just how math works.
But wouldn’t multiplying two negative numbers make a more negative number? That doesn’t make no sense.
Adding two negatives will do that. Multiplying them gives a positive product. I’m sure some math nerd can explain why this is, but I just remember it from school