document.write( "Question 686465: What is an inequality? What is an equality?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #424785 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Equality\" is when two things are equal. Equations are equalities. Solving them finds the value of the unknown variable; it finds what that variable is equal to.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+5x+-+7+=+23\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5x+=+30\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Inequalities\" are written like equations, but when you solve them you end up with a \"large\" \"range\" of solutions. These will tell you what it is possible for the variable to be, not what it actually is, because you cannot tell from the information given.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+4x+-+13+%3E+7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x+%3E+20\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+%3E+5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x\" must be \"greater\" than \"5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4+-+3x+%3C=++0\".....(less than or equal to)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4+%3C=+3x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x+%3E=+4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+%3E=+4%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x\" is \"greater\" than \"or\"\"+equal\" to \"4%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"52\" is \"not\"\"+equal\" to \"13x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x\" is \"not\"\"+equal\" to \"4\"\r
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