When asked to compare -9 and positive 2 joshua wrote -9 > 2 joshua correct? if not explain and correct his error

-9 < 2

Step-by-step explanation:

-9 is a negative number

2 is positive number

and of course -9 is smaller or < than 2

This means he is wrong becuase this symbol > means greater

He should correct it to -9 < (less) than 9

Hope this help you :3

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step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!