Answer:
The second choice (
)
Explanation:
If x =
and y =
, then we can insert those in for
×
.
×
= ?
To determine if this will have a positive outcome, we don't even need to solve! We know that a negative multiplied by a positive will result in a negative product.
Therefore, this is not the correct answer.
Looking at the second choice,
we can insert our numbers in for
and
:
The outcome of the two is a positive, marking it the correct answer.
Even though we already know the answer, we can still check the other choices to be sure.
The outcome of this is a negative, meaning it is incorrect.
For the last choice, we can once again insert the fractions in for
and
:

This product is once again a negative, meaning it is incorrect.
Therefore, the second choice is the correct answer.