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A logistics manager is comparing the operational costs of two shipping routes using the inequality 15x+500<22x+300{}15x + 500 < 22x + 300. To ensure the variable's coefficient remains positive and eliminate the risk of forgetting to reverse the inequality sign during the final step, the manager should collect the variable terms on the side that has the __________ coefficient.

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