Question

The sign of the product of 23 negative integers and 5 positive integers is ___________.

Answer 1

The sign of the product of 23 negative integers and 5 positive integers is ___________.

your answer is negative as odd positive

Answer 2

The sign of the product of 23 negative integers and 5 positive integers is negative.

Explanation:

• According to the multiplication rule negative × negative = positive.
• The product of 23 negative integers is negative because the count of integer is odd.
• According to the multiplication rule positive × positive = positive.

• The product of 5 positive integer is positive. Now the product of negative and positive integer is negative.