document.write( "Question 996984: Is -4 greater than -7?
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Is $\"-4\"$ greater than $\"-7\"$ ? Answer is $\"yes\"$ . Recall that the numbers to the left of zero are negative, and we say that one number is greater than another if it is closer to $\"0\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "in your case, $\"-4\"$ is $\"4\"$ units to the left from $\"0\"$ and $\"-7\"$ is $\"7\"$ units to the left from $\"0\"$ which is further\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "or if it has $\"smaller\"$ absolute value
\n" ); document.write( " $\"abs%28-4%29\"$ is $\"4\"$ and $\"abs%28-7%29\"$ is $\"7\"$ , => $\"abs%28-4%29%3Cabs%28-7%29\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "therefore, $\"-4+%3E+-7\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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