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Subject: Double negatives
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 20:43:44 -0800
From: Melanie Reid
Help! My child is in Grade 7 and I need
a way to explain to her why (-2)x(-2)=4.
She understands the rule behind it that
2 negatives always cancel each other out but not why.
What she wants a some way to picture it in her head.
There must be someone out there much
smarter than I who can figure this out.

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