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suppose the leftmost digits of two numbers are 8 and 3. Can you tell which number is greater? explain
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suppose the leftmost digits of two numbers are 8 and 3. Can you tell which number is greater? explain

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You cannot tell because you need to know the whole number.
e.g. 18 is greater than 13 but 23 is greater than 18 while their leftmost digits are both 3 and 8.
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