Logarithm inequality divide an inequality by a negative value

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What is error in the picture?
 
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The error arises because:

$$\log_{10}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)<0$$

When we divide an inequality by a negative value, we need to reverse the direction of the inequality, so that we get:

$$2<3$$