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The product of two numbers is positive and their sum negative only when

The product of two numbers is positive, when either both the numbers are positive or both the numbers are negative.


Sum of two positive numbers is positive and the sum of two negative numbers is negative.


∴ The product of two numbers is positive and their sum negative only when both are negative.

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