SOLUTION: Please help prove "if x

SOLUTION: Please help prove "if x < y, then -y<-x"

Question 569235: Please help prove "if x < y,
then -y<-x"
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x < y ... Start with the given inequality.

x - x < y - x ... Subtract x from both sides

0 < y - x ... Subtract x-x to get 0x or 0

0-y < y - x - y ... Subtract y from both sides

-y < -x ... Simplify 0-y to get -y and subtract y-y to get 0y or 0 (and that goes away)

So this shows us that if x < y, then -y < -x

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