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Aug 9, 2024 · Flip the inequality sign whenever you multiply or divide both sides by a negative number. Flip the inequality sign if you take reciprocals on both sides of numbers that have the same sign (positive or negative).
Nov 30, 2020 · 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 ???>???.
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May 14, 2018 · Flip the inequality sign when you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a negative number. You also often need to flip the inequality sign when solving inequalities with absolute values.
Dividing an inequality by a positive number retains the same inequality. But, multiplying by −1 − 1 is the same as switching the signs of the numbers on both sides of the inequality, which reverses the inequality: a <b −a> −b. (1) (1) a <b − a> − b.
When do you flip the inequality sign? Flexi Says: It is necessary to reverse the direction of the inequality symbol when both sides of an inequality are multiplied or divided by a negative value.
I discuss WHY we flip the sign of an inequality when we multiply (or divide) both sides by a negative number. And I give a couple of examples, and show how to check the inequality to make...
