If you know that a < b, and both a and b are positive numbers, then what must be true about the relationship between the oppo

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Cerrena [4.2K]

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If you know that a < b, and both a and b are positive numbers, then what must be true about the relationship between the oppo

sites of these numbers? Explain.

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nlexa [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-12T12:47:51+03:00

nlexa [21]3 years ago

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What ever number A is, it is going to be less than whatever number B is.

Nesterboy [21] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-12T14:58:04+03:00

If a is less than b, and they are both positive, then a is closer to 0 than b. The opposite of a is also closer to zero than the opposite of b, so the opposite of a must be larger than the opposite of b. The number further left on a number line is the smaller number, for positive numbers, the number closest to zero is smaller.