SOLUTION: will the product of 0.25 x 0.7 be greater than or less than 0.2?

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Question 944681: will the product of 0.25 x 0.7 be greater than or less than 0.2?
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Smaller than 1;
as a guess, smaller than 0.1 because both factors about 0.5.

2.5%2A10%5E%28-1%29%2A7%2A10%5E%28-1%29
2.5%2A7%2A10%5E%28-2%29
17.5%2A10%5E%28-2%29
0.175
Certainly less than 0.2.