1. Perform the indicated operations, and then answer the question. (a) (− − 6 2 )( ) (b) (−6 2 )( ) (c) A product has five factors. Three factors are negative integers and two factors are positive integers. Do you know the sign of the product? Explain.

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.

Yeah bc it really be like that