document.write( "Question 317359: How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality?
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\n" ); document.write( "How is this different from determining if a value is a solution to an equation?
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\n" ); document.write( "If you replace the equal sign of an equation and put an inequality sign in its place, is there ever a time when the same value will be a solution to both the equation and inequality?
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How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality?
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document.write( "Substitute the value for the variable and see if it leads to a true inequality.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It isn't. Substitute the value for the variable and see if it leads to a true equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Yes, but only sometimes when the inequality sign is  or  but never when the inequality sign is ,  or .\r\n" );
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