Chapter 1.5, Problem 67E

To determine

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

Answer to Problem 67E

The given expression can be written as:

$\left|-2\right|\underset{\_}{>}-2$

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The following expression:

  $\left|-2\right|\underset{\_}{?}-2$

Calculation: To solve the given expression, the absolute value of $-2$ is considered. Since the absolute value of $-2$ is $2$ ,it can be said that $\left|-2\right|=2$ . The given expression can be written as:

$2\underset{\_}{?}-2$

Since a positive number is always greater than a negative number,

$2\underset{\_}{>}-2$