Answer: To find the factor pairs for -240, we can use the following steps:
Find the prime factorization of -240: -240 = (-2) * (-2) * (-2) * (-3) * (-5)
For each prime factor, there are two possible factor pairs: (-1) and (1), and (-n) and (n). For example, for the factor -2, the possible factor pairs are (-1) and (1), and (-2) and (2).
The factor pairs for -240 are: (-1) and (1), (-2) and (2), (-3) and (3), (-5) and (5), (-6) and (6), (-10) and (10), (-15) and (15), (-30) and (30).
Thus, the factor pairs for -240 are: (-1, 1), (-2, 2), (-3, 3), (-5, 5), (-6, 6), (-10, 10), (-15, 15), and (-30, 30).
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