document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234498>Question 234498</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the translation of the statement\"w is greater than -3 and less than 4\"?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                A}-3<w<4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                B}-3>w>4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                C}-3<W>4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                D}-3>w<4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "                A}-3<w<4 **********************************************<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                B}-3>w>4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                C}-3<W>4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                D}-3>w<4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w > -3 is the same as -3 < w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here's how that would be derived:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w > -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 3 to both sides of this equation and subtract w from both sides of this equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 > -w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides of this equation by -1 to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3 < w ***************************************************************\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The inequaity reverses when you multiply both sides of the equation by -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now take the second half of your equation as given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w < 4 *****************************************************************\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can leave this part as is because it's already in the form that you want.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put these two inequalities together and you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3 < w and w < 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since w = w, these can be combined into:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3 < w < 4\r<BR>\n" );
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