SOLUTION: -4<2x-2<-10
is this a false inequality?
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Question 9720: -4<2x-2<-10
is this a false inequality?
Answer by askmemath(368) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-4<2x-2<-10
Remember this.For positive numbers, the bigger the better but for negative numbers the smaller the better.
Therefore -4 is greater than -10, not less as this inequality implies.
Hence this inequality is false!!
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