1987 AJHSME Problems/Problem 6
Problem
The smallest product one could obtain by multiplying two numbers in the set is
Solution
To get the smallest possible product, we want to multiply the smallest negative number by the largest positive number. These are and , respectively, and their product is , which is
See Also
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