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Fill in the blank with < or >. 4______-5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Think of it this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Pretend the numbers are degrees of\r\n" );
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document.write( "Which is colder 4° of -5°?\r\n" );
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document.write( "-5° is colder than 4°\r\n" );
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document.write( "A colder temperature is a LOWER \r\n" );
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document.write( "A warmer temperature is a HIGHER \r\n" );
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document.write( "We must place < or > so that the \r\n" );
document.write( "smaller end faces the LOWER \r\n" );
document.write( "temperature, and the larger\r\n" );
document.write( "side faces the HIGHER temperature.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Certainly you know that -5° is a LOWER \r\n" );
document.write( "temperature and that 4° is a HIGHER \r\n" );
document.write( "temperature.  So the big side of the\r\n" );
document.write( "ineguality must be toward the HIGHER\r\n" );
document.write( "temperature and the smaller side of\r\n" );
document.write( "the inequality must be toward the\r\n" );
document.write( "LOWER temperature, so it's\r\n" );
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document.write( "       4 > -5\r\n" );
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