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I dont understand the part "Would this be true if the numbers were-3, 5, -16, and -10?"

I dont understand the part "Would this be true if the numbers were-3, 5, -16, and-example-1

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Yes, the numbers will be similar.

it will be true if the numbers were -3, 5, -16 and -10

Step-by-step explanation:

The first list: -3, 5, 16 and -10

Arranging from least to greatest:

-10, -3, 5, 16

Arranging the same numbers from closest to zero to farthest to zero:

Let's use zero as our reference. Then start arranging towards the left and right side of it.

-10, -3, 0, 5, 16

Looking at the above: when we remove 0, we would have same answer as the arrangement from least to greatest:

-10, -3, 5, 16

The second list:

-3, 5, -16, -10

Arranging from least to greatest:

-16, -10, -3, 5

Arranging the same numbers from closest to zero to farthest to zero:

Let's use zero as our reference. Then start arranging towards the left and right side of it.

-16, -10, -3, 0, 5

Looking at the above: when we remove 0, we would have same answer as the arrangement from least to greatest:

-16, -10, -3, 5

Hence, fromt the above: if we arrange the same numbers from least to greatest and from closest to zero to farthest to zero, we would arrive at the same result.

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