-9y greater or less than -45?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It all depends on what y equals. First, solve for the equality.

-9y = -45 solves to be y=5.

Now, to find out which side of 5 is going to be less, you check what happens if you put in y=0.

-9(0) > -45

Numbers on the same side of 5 that zero lies on are going to be bigger.

Putting it together, you find that y > 5 gives less than -45 and y<5 gives greater than -45.■