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A project manager is overseeing a budget where the total cost of 9 identical equipment rentals must be less than 54 dollars, represented by the inequality 9y<54{}9y < 54. True or False: When solving this inequality by dividing both sides by 9, the 'less than' symbol (<<) must be flipped to a 'greater than' symbol (>>) because division was performed.

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