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Expressions and Equations: Inequalities and Their Solutions
What Is an Inequality?
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What Is an Inequality?
Introduction
An inequality is used to compare two quantities that may not be equal. It helps describe situations involving limits, ranges, minimum values, or maximum values.
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Mia wants to borrow some books from her school library, where each student can borrow up to three books at a time.
Let b represent the number of books Mia borrows. As the books are counted one at a time, b must be a nonnegative whole number.
Since Mia can borrow three books or fewer, the situation can be written as an inequality: b...
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