xy < 0 ?

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by josephcho77 » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:14 am
I will go with "E"

When you combine the two condition you can get:
-y<x<y since (1) is x>-y and (2) x<y

plug simple number when x is positive and when x is negative
For example,
when x=1, y=2, we get -2<1<2 thus xy is positive

However when x=-1, y=2, we get -2<-1<2 and xy is negative