document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=712832>Question 712832</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if you multiply by a negative number on an inequality, does your inequality sign flip. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Yes, it does.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eg,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x < 1 --> x > -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It works like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x < 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 < x + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1 < x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x > -1<BR>\n" );
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