SOLUTION: Write an inequality and provide a value that may or may not be a solution to the equality. I came up with 3y > 6 Solve it. y>2 Can you review and advise. Thank you

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Question 531593: Write an inequality and provide a value that may or may not be a solution to the equality.
I came up with 3y > 6
Solve it. y>2

Can you review and advise. Thank you

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are correct, the solution to 3y > 6 is y > 2


Now pick a number at random, say 0. So y = 0.


Now plug y = 0 into y > 2 to get 0 > 2.


Is this true? No, 0 > 2 is NOT true.


So y = 0 is NOT a solution to the inequality.

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