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The integers are ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=654afeb400094b2e825645d62fc62912.png\")
Locate the integers “-17 and-14” on the number line.![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/Library/number%20line_pa_64_p29.gif\")
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The numbers on a number line increase as you move from left to right.
\Observe that the number -17 is left to the number-14.
\So, -14 is greater than -17 and --17 is less than -17.
\The symbol for greater than is “>”
\The symbol for less than is “<”
\The inequalities are ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=c7b17897ca60079c424792cb75a41834.png\")
and![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=ee541ba83cb3b119cc50d97c568e0bd5.png\")
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The inequalities are![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=c7b17897ca60079c424792cb75a41834.png\")
and![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=ee541ba83cb3b119cc50d97c568e0bd5.png\")
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