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No, you got the inequalities the wrong way.
In negative numbers, it is how much lower it is than 0. For example, -22 is 22 less than 0. And -2 is 2 less than 0. Here, -22 is actually less than -2 because it is farther below 0 than -2.
You can understand this better if you graph it on a number line.
So, -12 >-15. (-15 is 3 less than -12).
-1/3 >-1.
-2>-21.
Let's represent the number of hours with the variable 'h' (or whatever letter you want it to be):
265 + 48h = 553
Substract both sides by 265:
48h = 288
Divide:
h = 6
6 hours of labor was spent
