SOLUTION: 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 inequali

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Question 120308: 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? If so, can you give an example?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The only time this happens is when you replace an equal sign with either a greater than or equal sign or with a less than or equal sign


For instance, if you have the simple equation x=3 and you replace the equal sign with a greater than or equal sign , you get x%3E=3. So we can see that 3 is a solution to both x=3 and x%3E=3.