If the product of five consecutive integer is 0, what is the greatest possible sum of these integers

Question

(A) -2                                                                                                                                   
(B) -1
(C) 0             The correct answer is C, but can someone explain to me why?
(D) 4
(E) 10

Answer

If the product is to be zero, one of the numbers is zero. If the sum is to be greatest then the numbers can only be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and the sum is10. The correct answer is E.

If the product of five consecutive integer is 0, what is the greatest possible sum of these integers

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