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-9>-5

Is -9 greater than -5?

Is the inequality false?

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Answer:

Explanation:

Yes!

Think money. Would you rather owe someone 9 dollars or 5 dollars?

That may not be a satisfactory explanation but the negative integers do get smaller as the number itself gets larger. -1000<<-1.

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