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When the inequalities replace the equal sign, what happens and why?

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Anytime you multiply or divide both sides of the inequality, you must “flip” or change the direction of the inequality sign. This means that if you had a less than sign <, it would become a greater than sign >. Likewise, if you started with >, it would become <.

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