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### There are 5 consecutive integers. If the product of the 5 nu

by Max@Math Revolution » Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:08 pm
There are 5 consecutive integers. If the product of the 5 numbers is not zero, what is the number of the negative numbers of them?

1) The greatest number of the 5 numbers is less than 5.
2) At least one of the 5 numbers is negative.

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