SOLUTION: "IS -4/-17 GREATER OR LESSER THAN

SOLUTION: "IS -4/-17 GREATER OR LESSER THAN - 5/2"

Question 331112: "IS -4/-17 GREATER OR LESSER THAN - 5/2"
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A negative divided by a negative is always positive. A positive number is always bigger than a negative number.
-4/-17 = 4/17.
Then -5/2 < -4/-17.
We can also write it as -5/2 < 4/17.

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