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A billing specialist is reconciling a client's account and needs to simplify the adjustment expression 5(2)(4)(1){}5(-2) - (-4)(1). Recalling the fundamental rules of integer arithmetic, the product of a positive integer and a negative integer, such as in the term 5(2){}5(-2), always results in a ____ number.

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