document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=323569>Question 323569</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality? How is this different from determining if a value is a solution to an equation? If you replace the equal sign of an equation with an inequality sign, is there ever a time when the same value will be a solution to both the equation and the inequality?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #231547 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=231547\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It's the same thing as determining if a value is a solution to an equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If your equation is x + 5 > 7 and you solve it to get x > 2, then any value of x > 2 should be a solution to the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The only time when the same value is a solution to both the equality and the inequality is if the inequality is expressed as x+5 >= 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the solution to this equation is x >= 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2 solves the equality part of this equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x > 2 solves the inequality part of this equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the equation is x > or x < then x = cannot be a solution to the pure inequality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm presuming you are asking if:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+5 > 7 gets x > 2 which is valid.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+5 = 7 gets x > 2 as well?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer has to be no.\r<BR>\n" );
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