SOLUTION: Is the product of three negitive numbers a negitive number or a positive number? Is the proudct of four negitive numbers a negitive number or a positive number?

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Question 14854: Is the product of three negitive numbers a negitive number or a positive number?

Is the proudct of four negitive numbers a negitive number or a positive number?
Answer by jb007mi6(53) About Me  (Show Source):
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the product of three negative numbers is indeed a negative number
for example
-a(-a)(-a) multiply the first terms and get a^2(-a) multiply these terms and get
-a^3
^indicates a power