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The statement is “ $\"\"$ ”.

$\"\"$ (Product of two diffrent signs is positive)

$\"\"$ (Multiply: $\"\"$ )

$\"\"$ (Product of two same signs is negative)

$\"\"$ (Rewrite the $\"\"$ )

$\"\"$ (Cancel common terms)

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The product is 9.