document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=206326>Question 206326</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Must there always be a variable involved when solving an inequality? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Is that rhetorical?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there's something to be solved, then it has to be unknown.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, if the Area is length x width, and the length and width are given and you want to find the area, the area is the \"unknown quantity.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can write Area = ..., or you can save typing by writing A = l*w.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That applies to equations and inequalities.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An inequality can be 4<7.  There's not much to do with that, other than just look at it. </SPAN>\n" );
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