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A procurement officer is solving the inequality −5x+1200≤400-5x + 1200 \leq 400 to stay within a quarterly budget for office supplies, where xx represents the number of units ordered. After simplifying the inequality to −5x≤−800-5x \leq -800, the officer must divide both sides by −5-5 to solve for xx. True or False: In this final step, the inequality sign ≤\leq must be reversed to ≥\geq to maintain the correct solution.

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