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Which statement about numbers on the horizontal number line is true?

A.) On the horizontal number line, 3.85 is located to the left of -3.75.
B.) On the horizontal number line, -0.5 is located to the right of 2.25.
C.) On the horizontal number line, -0.75 is located to the left of -0.4.
D.) On the horizontal number line, 4.33 is located to the right of 4.4.

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C.) On the horizontal number line, -0.75 is located to the left of -0.4

[ It is because, When you go from left to right,number decreased upto zero, and then increases with positive sign,so more negative number would be in left and more positive in the right]

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User Mhh Lecker
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on a horizontal number line, -ve is on left, 0 in middle n +ve on right

so ans is C.) On the horizontal number line, -0.75 is located to the left of -0.4.
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