document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=864628>Question 864628</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  adding and subtracting do you have to flip the signs doing inequalities? Good day\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 #521165 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=521165\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Examine your question yourself.  Make a number line.  Label a point on the line.  Give it any variable you want to name it.  Try adding and subtracting other numbers.  This you would already understand.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now create an order relation using any two labeled numbers on a number line.  Add and subtract numbers.  What happens to the order relation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To answer you simply, \"No.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You do <b>not</b> flip the signs when adding or subtracting on both sides of an inequality. </SPAN>\n" );
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