h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Old Sayings Gone Wrong - A895034
Author: Martha Rigby - U209101

Proving the world wrong, one phrase at a time.

mmm... next you'll be telling us all *isn't* well that ends well!

Don't know what to say except you're absolutely correct, mathmatically speaking. Well done!
Oberon2001

I'm a frayed knot...

2 negatives only make a positive when multiplied or divided

-12 + -3 = -15
-12 - -3 = -9

-12 * -3 = 36
-12 / -3 = 4

... st!
You're right six7's... I bow down before your higher intelligence and ability to proof read
Oberon2001

Thanks Oberon, but your praise is somewhat undeserved... for one thing, I didn't proof read my own post

The word *only* is inaccurate... subtracting one negative from another *can* result in a positive

-5 - -47 = 42

My knowledge of maths is sadly lacking in *many* areas, so I won't be surprised if some genuinely bright spark turns up to show that other functions can turn two negatives into a positive

Hmmm, maybe this is a task for the h2g2MathsLab (A895205) to deal with

six7s

Author gone elvis, and propsition disproved in the convo forum here

Proposed move

Seconded, but only because the math is wrong AND the author has disappeared.

If the author was around, or the math was right, I would vote it stayed in the forum.

I'll tell Anna at: A974522

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I wouldn't have proposed this if either were the case Ben

I know. I was just justifying my vote (to myself as much as to anyone else).



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