document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=103280>Question 103280</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131314130/algebrahomeworkh>Prentice hall mathmatics prealgebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what happens to an inequality symbol w-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "+hen you subtract a negative number? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #75100 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=HyperBrain><B>HyperBrain(694)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=HyperBrain><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=75100\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adding any kind of number (can be positive or negative) added to both sides of the inequality doesn't change the sign.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe you are thinking about the rule regarding the multiplication of negative numbers to both sides of the inequality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For real numbers <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%3Eb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%3Eb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and you multiply both sides by a negative number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the inequality becomes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps you__HyperBrain </SPAN>\n" );
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