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= Solution

Choose constants $C_1,C_2>0$ and a common threshold beyond which $f_1\leq C_1g_1$ and $f_2\leq C_2g_2$. Positivity permits multiplication:
$$
|f_1f_2|=f_1f_2\leq C_1C_2g_1g_2.
$$
The fixed constant $C_1C_2$ proves \b[$f_1f_2=O(g_1g_2)$] by the definition of <big O notation>.

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