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The product of each negative integer with $- 1$ is always ______.

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Positive

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Negative

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Solution

The correct option is D Positive
$- 1$ is a negative integer and we get a positive quantity when we multiply two negative quantities. Hence, if any negative integer will be multiplied by $- 1$ result will be positive always.

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