SOLUTION: For the inequality y<-11, would –11 be considered the greatest possible value or least possible value of y? Justify your reasoning

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Question 699276: For the inequality y<-11, would –11 be considered the greatest possible value or least possible value of y? Justify your reasoning
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Neither. -11 is not a possible value of where is strictly less than -11. If the inequality had been , then -11 is a possible value where all other possible values are smaller than -11.

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