document.write( "Question 1191190: Leslie is a 6th grade student that is learning how to multiply signed numbers. She encounters the following problem:\r
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document.write( "“What is the sign of (-2)^15 * (-3)^10?”\r
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document.write( "Leslie reasons that the sign should be positive since we are multiplying two negative numbers. Is Leslie correct? If so, help her justify her reasoning. If not, provide a conceptual explanation that she can understand.
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