SOLUTION: which is smaller, -5 or -17?

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Question 1047433: which is smaller, -5 or -17?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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which is smaller, -5 or -17:
To compare these two values, let's think about the distance that they are from zero. The farther a value is from zero, the smaller that value.
In this case, -17 is farther away from zero than -5. So, -17 is the smaller value.