document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982697>Question 982697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> quantitative comparison\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which is larger\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Col A :   -x*-y*-z\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Col B:   -x + -y + -z\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My reasoning: not enough information to determine the larger. Both yield a negative result unless one of the variables = zero, resulting in col a being larger in that case. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please let me know if I am correct and if my reasoning is correct. Thanks! :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Insufficient information, but your reasoning is flawed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What if one or more variables are negative?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If all are negative, both are positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What if they are between -1 and 1? (The sum is larger than the product if all are between 0 and 1, product larger if all between -1 and 0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What about combinations of fractions, positive and negative?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There really not enough information as given to make any assumption. </SPAN>\n" );
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