How do you simplify $-2 times -3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-16T02:39:04

$6$

$-2=-1\cdot2$
$-3=-1\cdot3$

$\therefore-2\times-3=2\cdot-1\cdot3\cdot-1$ (two negative values multiplied gets you a positive product)

$-1\cdot-1=1$
now you have $2\times3\times1=6$

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