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Clara multiplies (negative 6) (negative 7) (negative 1) and gets 42.
Is her answer reasonable?

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Answer: Clara's answer is not reasonable, the correct answer is -42.

Explanation:

Multiplying by an odd amount of negative numbers makes your answer a negative number, and multiplying by an even amount of negative numbers makes your answer a positive number. For example, in this problem, we are multiplying 3 negative numbers, which means our answer will be odd, and -6x-7 is 42, and multiplying by -1, you get your final answer of -42. If you need more clarification or help just let me know.

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