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Can a negative number have a positive factor?

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one has to be positive one has to be negative
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The laws of multiplication state that when a negative number is multiplied by a positive number, the product will be negative. So, if considering a factor pair of a negative product, one of these factors must be negative and the other factor must be positive.

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