Will the product of this problem be positive or negative? -10.4×−78.2 (do not provide an answer! Just say positive or negative.)
positive
Can you tell me why?
The product of two negative numbers is always positive.
The product of -10.4 × -78.2 will be positive.
To determine if the product of -10.4 and -78.2 will be positive or negative, you can follow the rule that states:
The product of two negative numbers is always positive.
Since both -10.4 and -78.2 are negative numbers, the product of these two numbers will be positive.