document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=606090>Question 606090</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> why does the inequality sign change when both sides are multiplied by a negative number.  Does this happen with equations, why or why not?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #381920 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=381920\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a < b\">. Subtracting a+b from both sides does not change the inequality sign:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a - (a+b) < b - (a+b)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -b < -a \Rightarrow -a > -b\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For example, 3 < 7 but -3 > -7. This does not happen with equations (you can't \"flip\" an equal sign as you flip an inequality sign). </SPAN>\n" );
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