Question

Which set of numbers are ordered from least to greatest? * ASAP

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7, –5, |–4| , 6, –|9|

–5, |–4|, 6, –|9| , 7

–|9| , |–4| , -5 , 6 , 7

–|9| , -5 , |–4| , 6 , 7

Answer 1

–|9| , -5 , |–4| , 6 , 7

Explanation:

In the first set, 7 comes before -5, which we know is not correct because negative numbers are not greater than positive numbers.

In the second set, placing a minus sign outside of the absolute value bars gives you a negative number. So –|9| is really just -9, which is not greater than 6.

In the third set, we see |–4|, which is 4 because of the absolute value bars. 4 is not less than -5, therefore this set is also incorrect.

In the last set, the negative outside of -|9| makes it -9. Then we have -5 followed by |–4| (which is 4) followed by 6 and 7. This is correct.