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[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The teacher is probably looking for something like "Because 40-20 is positive".

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"Because 20 - 40 is negative."

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Because ln(20/40) is negative."

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

"Because with 20 cranks you can't do 40 hogs"

[–] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Because the set of numbers including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 contains a greater amount of numbers than the set of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40