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Locate the integer “17 and 15” on the number line.![\"integers](\"/userfiles/image/Library/Pre_Algebra/integers_17_and_15.gif\")
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The numbers on a number line decrease as you move from left to right.
\Observe that the number 17 is right to the number 15.
\So 17 is greater than 15.
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The inequality is 17 > 15.