document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=59892>Question 59892</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a debt of $5 is greater than a debt of $2 than shouldn't -5>-2 ?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"greater than\" can be defined geometrically using a number line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A certain number is \"greater than\" another number if it is to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "right of the other number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus -5 is not \"greater than\" -2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Algebraically a is greater than b if a-b>0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus -2 is greater than -5 because -2--5=3 is > zero<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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