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Alex thinks that if you multiply a negative and a positive that you will get a negative answer ALWAYS!His friend Tyler said he was wrong and the sign in your answer depends on how big and small the numbers are. Who is CORRECT?*1 pointAlexTylerNone of them

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Alex thinks that if you multiply a negative and a positive that you will get a negative answer ALWAYS!His friend Tyler said he was wrong and the sign in your answer depends on how big and small the numbers are. Who is CORRECT?*1 pointAlexTylerNone of them

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Alex is correct. When you multiply a negative number by a positive number, the result is always a negative number. The size of the numbers does not affect the sign of the result.

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