document.write( "Question 1049127: Is -4.5 different than 3.5 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Depends on what you mean by different.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They are both real numbers. They are both rational numbers. They are both non-zero. Neither one is an integer. Two times either of them is an integer. Either is equidistant from two consecutive integers.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They are at different places on the number line. One is positive and the other is negative. Their absolute values are different.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That's like asking if two people are different. One is black, the other white. One is male, the other female. One is short, the other tall. One is a little smarter than the other, but the smarter one is less artistic. Despite all of that, there are more similarities between them than differences.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So you tell me, are they different or not?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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