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document.write( " Nine more than half the number n is no more than -8. Find n </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "An equation is not an inequality.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 2y^2 - z^2 = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's an equation.  It has an equal sign.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Nine more than half the number n is no more than -8. Find n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n/2 + 9 <= -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's an inequality.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No equal sign, <= instead<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n/2 + 9 <= -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n/2 <= -17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n <= -34<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations and inequalities are solved in similar manners, but there are differences.  Multiplying or dividing by a negative number is one difference. </SPAN>\n" );
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