Chapter 1.5, Problem 66E

To determine

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Whether a number is greater than or less than or equal to the other number.

Answer to Problem 66E

The given expression can be written as:

$-12\underset{\_}{<}\left|12\right|$

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The following expression:

  $-12\underset{\_}{?\left|12\right|}$

Calculation: To solve the given expression, the absolute value of $12$ is considered. Since the absolute value of $12$ is $12$ ,it can be said that $\left|12\right|=12$ . The given expression can be written as:

$-12\underset{\_}{?}12$

Since a negative number is always smaller than a negative number, therefore,

$-12\underset{\_}{<}12$