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  • 19-08-2018
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why do you need to flip the inequality symbol

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tinytoothpicks tinytoothpicks
  • 19-08-2018
you only need to flip the inequality symbol if you divide each side by a negative number.
Why:
1<2
if I divided each side by -1
-1<-2
that doesn't make sense because the negative will change the value of the numbers so you always have to flip the sign
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