document.write( "Question 823953: Choose the correct translation for the following statement.\r
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document.write( "No, \"It must exceed seven\" is \"x > 7\", or equivalently \"7 < x\".  In\r\n" );
document.write( "either case the x has to be on the larger side of the inequality \r\n" );
document.write( "symbol and 7 must be on the smaller side in order for\r\n" );
document.write( "x to exceed 7).  Some people say <  and > look like hungry mouths\r\n" );
document.write( "who are trying to bite the bigger side.\r\n" );
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