Question

The sigh of the product of two integers with the same sign is positive. What is the sigh of the product of three integers with the same sign? Explain your thinking.

Answer 1

There are two possibilities

a) If the integers are positives the product will be positive.

b) If the integers are negatives the product will be negative.

Explanation:

We need to use rule of signs to explain the answers

for answer "a"

We have (+)(+)( + ) equals positive

for answer "b"

We have (-)(-) = + then this multiply by the last integer which has negative sign

(+)(-) = -