Question

What rule can you write about where the numbers in an inequality with a greater than symbol (>) lie in relation to each other on the horizontal number line?

Answer 1

For inequalities with a greater than sign (>), the first number is always to the right of the second number on the horizontal number line.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

For any two numbers x, y where x>y,

• x is placed to the right of y on the horizontal number line.

Explanation:

Given two numbers 3 and 4, where
`4>3`, the number(4) on the Left Hand Side of the greater than inequality symbol(>) is placed to the right of the other number(3) on the horizontal number line.

Therefore, for any two numbers x, y where x>y, x is placed to the right of y on the horizontal number line.