Which symbol is used to make –5 ? –8 a true statement?
A. >
B. <
C. =
My answer was C
No. The answer is A
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It would be A because -5 is greater than -8
Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is B. The symbol "<" is used to make the statement –5 < –8 true. This is because –5 is less than –8.
To determine which symbol should be used to make the statement –5 ? –8 true, we need to compare the values of –5 and –8. In this case, –5 is greater than –8.
To illustrate this, we can imagine a number line. Starting from 0, we move left (-) to represent negative numbers. So –8 is to the left of –5. When comparing two numbers on the number line, the "greater than" symbol (>) is used to represent that one number is higher or greater than the other.
Since –5 is greater than –8, the symbol used to make the statement –5 ? –8 true is the "greater than" symbol (>). Therefore, the correct answer is A.