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The inequality signs change because the variable changes from a positive to a negative, or vice versa when multiplied or divided by a negative number. The same type of thing happens to equations when the variable is multiplied or divided by a negative number because of the same situation...what was a positive number becomes a negative number or a negative number will become a positive number.

Inequity:
5>x>-9
Now take x*-2, what happens to the inequality?

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5>x>-9
Now take x*-2, what happens to the inequality?

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When you multiply x ...

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