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Brody said Stock G had a greater price change because a positive integer is greater than a negative integer. Is his statement correct? Explain why or why not.

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No if stock G had a price increase of 2$ and stock F had a stock decrease of a -2$ then stock G and stock F had the same price change 2$
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Answer:

No, his statement is not correct. Brody confused value and magnitude. |–4| = 4, and |+1| = 1. The magnitude of –4 is greater than the magnitude of +1. Stock F had a greater price change.

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