The product of two negative rational numbers is greater than either factor. is this statement true, somethimes true, or never true?

Answer :- This statement is true sometimes .

For example:-

Case1: Let -2 and -3 are two negative rational numbers such that  -2 × -3=6

and the factors of -2 are 1,-1,2,-2 and factors of -3 are -1,1,3,-3

As we can see the product of -2 and -3 is greater than their factors.

Then it follows the statement.

Case2: Let -6 and -1/6 are two negative rational numbers such that  -6 × -1/6=1

and the factors of -6 are 1,-1,2,-2,3,-3,6,-6

As we can see the product of -6 and -1/6 is smaller than 2,3,6 which are the factors of -6 .

But it contradicts the statement .

Therefore the product of two negative numbers is sometimes greater than either factor .

true

step-by-step explanation:

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.