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When is the product 0?

Source: 2016 AMC 8 #13

November 23, 2016
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Problem Statement

Two different numbers are randomly selected from the set −2,−1,0,3,4,5{ - 2, -1, 0, 3, 4, 5} and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is 00?
<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span>16<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span>15<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span>14<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span>13<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span>12<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>\dfrac{1}{6}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>\dfrac{1}{5}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>\dfrac{1}{4}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>\dfrac{1}{3}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>\dfrac{1}{2}
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