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Explain how you can find the sign of the product of two or more rational numbers

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The sum of two irrational numbers is sometimes irrational.Also the sum of 2 irrational numbers in some cases will be irrational but if irrational parts of the numbers have a zero sum (cancel each other out) the sum will be rational.But remember that the product of 2 irrational #''s is sometimes irrational.  
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Answer:

Sign of product of two rational numbers.

Explanation:

We have to find how to find the sign of the product of two or more rational numbers.

Let A and B be two rational numbers. Then, a and b can be written in the form
(x)/(y), where y cannot be zero.

Then, we can find the sign of product of a and b in the following manner:

Sign of A Sign of B Sing of (AB)

+ + +

+ - -

- - +

- + -

The sign of the product of rational number is similar tio the product of two integers.

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