document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=167066>Question 167066</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -n/3 < 3/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3(-n/3) < -3(3/4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n < -9/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But how do you insert -9/4 in the place of n in the original problem to prove it?  You can't place a fraction over the 3... Please help. Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "n>-3(3/4) multiplying by a negative vale changes the < sign to a > sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n>-9/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let n=-8/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(-8/4)/3<3/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(-2)/3<3/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3<3/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2<3 </SPAN>\n" );
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