Why is it, when you multiply a negative number, by a negative number, it becomes a positive number?

Baby step me through the painfully long process of this equation:-4 x -4 = +16In my mind's eye -4 x -4 should be a -16, not a +16. MADJ_Woodcock 54 months ago.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.