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What is the sign of the product of three integers with the same sign?
The product of three positive numbers is positive. The product of three negative numbers is negative.
How would you Explain how you would decide whether the product of three numbers is positive or negative?
If all three numbers are positive then the product obviously has to be positive. If TWO of the three numbers are negative, then the product is also positive. But if exactly ONE of the three numbers is negative or if all THREE are negative, then the product must be negative. In general, a product of numbers is negative if an ODD NUMBER of the terms is negative.
Is the product of three positive integers is positive?
No. Odd numbers of negative integers will have a negative product. Even numbers of negative integers will have a positive product.Examples-1 x -3 x -4 = -12-3 x -4 = 12
Is the product of 6 negative numbers sometimes negative?
No, it can't be. The product of an odd number of negatives is negative.The product of an even number of negatives is positive.(The product of each two of your 6 negatives is positive, so you wind upwith the product of three positive numbers.)
What are the 47 negative numbers and three positive numbers?
There are an infiinite number of positive numbers and an infinite number of negative numbers.
