Presentation of Product Group

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Here is the question I have been working on:

If $G_1 = \langle X_1 : R_1\rangle$ and $G_2 = \langle X_2 : R_2\rangle$, supply a presentation for $G_1 \times G_2$. Deduce that, if $G_1$ and $G_2$ are finitely presented, then so is $G_1 \times G_2$.

Notation: $G_1$ is defined to be $F(X)/\langle R_1\rangle$, where $ \langle R_1\rangle $ is the normal subgroup generated by $R_1$

I am unsure how to approach this - I know any element of $\langle R_1 \rangle$ is of the form $$\prod w_i r_i ^{e_i}w_i^{-1},$$ where $w_i \in F(X_1)$, and $r_i \in R_1$, and $e_i = \pm 1$ for all $i$.