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Write the boolean function multiplyWillOverflow which takes two integers x, y and returns true if (x*y) overflows.

An overflow may reach above the max positive value, or below the min negative value.
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public bool multiplyWillOverflow(int x, int y) 
{
	if (x == 0)
		return false;

	if (y > int.MaxValue / x)
		return true;

	if (y < int.MinValue / x)
		return true;

	return false;
}