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What is the product of (-4)(7) and why?

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Answer:

The product of (-4)(7) is -28

Explanation:

First you will multiply the number together.

This gets you -28.

The reason it is a negative number is because when you multiply a positive and a negative number together, you get a negative number.

Whereas, if it were two negative numbers, (-4)(-7), or two positive numbers,

(4)(7), the answer would have been positive, 28.

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