SOLUTION: -4<2x-2<-10 is this a false inequality?

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Question 9720: -4<2x-2<-10
is this a false inequality?
Answer by askmemath(368) About Me  (Show Source):
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-4<2x-2<-10
Remember this.For positive numbers, the bigger the better but for negative numbers the smaller the better.
Therefore -4 is greater than -10, not less as this inequality implies.
Hence this inequality is false!!