SOLUTION: if you have a negative numer and a positve number, is the result going to end up as a negative or a positve number? ex. -5x7, would it equal -35 or 35?

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Question 493942: if you have a negative numer and a positve number, is the result going to end up as a negative or a positve number? ex. -5x7, would it equal -35 or 35?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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The product would be negative.