Question

Mark is thinking of two numbers

his two numbers have a positive sum but a negative product
give an example of what hi numbers could be ?

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

-2, 3

Explanation:

For the product to be negative, exactly one of the two numbers must be negative. For the sum to be positive, the positive number must be larger than the absolute value of the negative number.

One such pair of numbers is -2 and 3.

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Their product is -6; their sum is +1.