IN MATH: 1. adj. with reference to a number, one which is greater than zero. 2. n. the opposite of a negative number. EX. Zero is neither postitive nor negative.

IN ENGLISH: 1. adj. affirmative, good. EX. Look on the bright side, think poisitve. EX. He was positive about that answer: there's no changing his mind.

APPLICATION: See list 130.

Check true or false:
1. True   False   The sum of two negatives can be positive.
2. True   False   The product of two negatives can be positive.

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