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Cypress · 06-01-2009, 10:56 PM

We got into this big discussion at lunch last Friday. Apart from saying "because it just is" or "those are the rules", no one at work could really explain this. I have to mention that I work in a Computer company with a lot of smart engineers. We also had some statisticians at the table as well as some Business Intelligence Data Analyst types.

So anyone have a good way to explain why this is?

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Cypress Base Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 49 Drives: 370Z Touring Sport Rep Power: 15	Why is a negative times a negative a positive? We got into this big discussion at lunch last Friday. Apart from saying "because it just is" or "those are the rules", no one at work could really explain this. I have to mention that I work in a Computer company with a lot of smart engineers. We also had some statisticians at the table as well as some Business Intelligence Data Analyst types. So anyone have a good way to explain why this is?