Question

What is the sign of the product of three integers with the same sign? Explain your thinking.

Answer 1

It would always be the same sign of the sign you started with.

If you start out with a negative number (-), then multiply three negatives (-)(-)(-) would result in a negative number.

If you start out with a positive number (+), then multiply three positives (+)(+)(+), you end up with a positive number.

In short, start positive, end positive. Start negative, end negative.

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