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document.write( "How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "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<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a solution to both the equation and the inequality? Write an inequality and provide a value that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "may or may not be a solution to the inequality.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #96361 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=96361\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<u>Answer:</u> Substitute the value for the variable and do whatever arithmetic is necessary to see if you have a true statement or not.  If the statement is true, the value is an element of the solution set.  If the statement is false, it is not an element of the solution set.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How is this different from determining if a value is a solution to an equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<u>Answer:</u> The method is not different.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<u>Answer:</u> Yes, but only if the inequality sign is the \"or equal\" variety.  For example, given the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, replace the equal sign with a 'greater than or equal' sign: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%3E=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%3E=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  In this case, 5 is an element of the solution set for both the equation and the inequality.  However, given the same equation and replacing the equal sign with a 'greater than' sign results in this inequality: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%3E5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%3E5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  In this case, the equation and the inequality have no elements of their solution sets in common.  There is only one element in the solution set to the equation, namely the number 5.  There are an infinite number of elements in the solution set to the inequality, but none of those elements are the number 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an inequality and provide a value that may or may not be a solution to the inequality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 is not an element of the solution set<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 is an element of the solution set </SPAN>\n" );
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