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Impact of Negative Scaling on Audit Inequalities

In a corporate training scenario for data auditors, a trainee is analyzing the inequality 10<15{}10 < 15. If the trainee divides both sides of this inequality by the negative constant -5, they obtain the values -2 and -3. To maintain a true mathematical statement, what specific action must the trainee recall to perform on the inequality symbol?

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