Re: Physical interpretaion of -2*-3
- From: "Justin" <no@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 17:41:37 +0000 (UTC)
anand_bheemaraju@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
: Consider the physical interpretation of 2*3=6 -> if you place 2
: objects into a box 3 times , we get totally 6 objects in the box.
: Consider the physical interpretation of -2*3=-6 -> if you remove 2
: objects at a time , 3 times from a box , the box would contain totally
: 6 objects less.
: Now how do you physically interpret -2*-3=6 ?
You do the reverse (-) procedure three times (3) of removing (-) two (2)
objects. The reverse procedure of removing is adding so you've added two
objects three times, hence six things.
Justin
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