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Explanation:
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Here are the low temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) for one week in Montreal, Canada:
-3.5ºF, 5ºF, 1.5ºF, -0.5ºF, -2ºF, 2.5ºF, -4ºF
Compare the weather on two different days using an inequality. Then see if their comparisons change by finding the absolute value of each.
You have to choose two days at random and compare the values of temperature registered those days and compare them, for example:
Day 1: 3rd day: 1.5ºF
Day 2: 7nth day: -4ºF
Comparison of Day 1 and Day 2:
Remember:
"<" indicates that the value from the left is less than the value from the right.
">" indicates that the value from the left is greater than the value from the right.
The temperature registered on Day 1 is 1.5ºF and the temperature registered on Day 2 is -4ºF, as you notice the second temperature is negative and therefore is less than the first temperature:
1.5ºF > -4ºF
Comparison of days with absolute value:
To compare absolute values you have to disregard the sign and consider only the number of the temperature:
|Day 1|= |1.5ºF|
|Day 2|= |4ºF|
Then the registered temperature of Day 1 is less than the registered temperature on Day 2:
|1.5ºF| < |4ºF|
I hope this helps!