document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=283028>Question 283028</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether 2 is the solution of the equality:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x>-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " yes or no </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Is 2>-2? In words: is 2 bigger than -2? We can add numbers to both sides and retain the inequality. So the question is the same as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is 2+2>-2+2? Rather, is 4>0? If you have four of something, don't you have more than if you had none of something? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can also draw a number line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2  -1 0 1 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number line by definition adheres to a property called induction which retains the situation that n < n+1 <n+2 <n+3 <n+4 <... < n+n_i.  </SPAN>\n" );
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