Which expression will produce a negative product?

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The trick for this problem is knowing that 2 negatives make a positive.

There are 2 negatives in the first expression. We already know it will be positive.

The second expression has 4 negatives. 2 and 2 means it will be positive.

The third expression will produce a negative product.

The fourth expression since multiplied by 0 in the end will equal 0 no matter what.

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