Question

Find the product. $$-5 \cdot 2 \cdot(-7)$$

Short answer

The product of -5, 2, and -7 is 70

Step-by-step solution

Multiply First Two Numbers

The first step is to multiply the first two numbers, -5 and 2. Using the multiplication rule for a positive and a negative number (the product of a positive number and a negative number is a negative number), the result is \( -5 \cdot 2 = -10 \)

Multiply the Result by the Third Number

The next step is to multiply the result from Step 1 by the third number, -7. The multiplication rule for two negative numbers is that their product is a positive number, therefore the result is \( -10 \cdot -7 =70 \)