SOLUTION: How can we prove that -1 is greater than -2 ?

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Question 1139348: How can we prove that -1 is greater than -2 ?

Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


(1) Look at the two numbers on a number line....

(2) Show that (-1) minus (-2) is positive....


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