Artificial sweeteners, particularly sorbitol, can trigger IBS pain, cramps, gas, bloating, and diarrhea. Artificial fats, namely Olestra, can cause abdominal cramping and diarrhea in people who don't even have IBS â imagine what it can do to you.
An integer is a whole number that can be either greater than 0, called positive, or less than 0, called negative. Zero is neither positive nor negative. Two integers that are the same distance from the origin in opposite directions are called opposites. The arrows on each end of the number line show us that the line stretches to infinity in both the negative and positive direction. We don't have to include a positive sign (+) when we write positive numbers.
DEFINITION of 'Arithmetic Mean'. A mathematical representation of the typical value of a series of numbers, computed as the sum of all the numbers in the series divided by the count of all numbers in the series. Arithmetic mean is commonly referred to as average or simply as mean. Next Up.