What happens to the signs in an inequality when you multiply or divide on both sides by a negative?

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What happens to the signs in an inequality when you multiply or divide on both sides by a negative?

The same thing that happens in an equation.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
...however the "inequality sign" has to be reversed.

e.g.

-3x > 15
x < -5
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