SOLUTION: what happens to an inequality symbol w- +hen you subtract a negative number?

Question 103280This question is from textbook Prentice hall mathmatics prealgebra
: what happens to an inequality symbol w-
+hen you subtract a negative number? This question is from textbook Prentice hall mathmatics prealgebra

Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Adding any kind of number (can be positive or negative) added to both sides of the inequality doesn't change the sign.
Maybe you are thinking about the rule regarding the multiplication of negative numbers to both sides of the inequality.
For real numbers and , if

and you multiply both sides by a negative number ,
the inequality becomes

I hope this helps you__HyperBrain
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