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Chapter 5
W
hile an equationmerely gives youone or a handful of values as a solution, an inequalitygenerally gives you a solution thatcovers a whole range of values.Fortunately, solving inequalities isvery similar to solving equations,but there are a few quirks.Chapter 5 equips you with theskills to solve inequalities andplot them on a graph.
 
In this Chapter...
Introduction to InequalitiesSolve an Inequality with Addition and SubtractionSolve an Inequality with Multiplication and DivisionSolve an Inequality in Several StepsSolve a Compound InequalitySolve an Inequality with Absolute ValuesGraph an Inequality with One VariableGraph an Inequality with Two VariablesTest Your Skills
Graphingnequalities
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Solving &
 
Introduction to Inequalities
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Inequalities: True or False
2 < 52
is less than
56
!
206
is less than
20
orequal to
2010 > 710
is greater than
78
"
38
is greater than
3
orequal to
315
"
1515
is greater than
15
or equal to
15
An inequality isa mathematicalstatement inwhich one side isless than, greaterthan or possiblyequal to theother side.Inequalities use fourdifferent symbols.
<
less than
!
less than or equal to
>
greater than
"
greater than or equal to
Note: The point in aninequality symbol (<) pointsat the smaller number.
An inequality canbe consideredtrue or false.When comparing apositive number to anegative number, thepositive number is alwaysgreater. For example,
–2<1
. When comparingtwo negative numbers,the number closer tozero is always greater.For example,
–2>–5.
• • • •
Inequalities are mathematical statements whichcompare the values of two expressions. In otherwords, one side of the statement does not exactlyequal the other.Inequalities are similar to equations, but insteadof the left and right sides being separated by anequals sign (=), the sides are separated by oneof four inequality symbols—greater than (>),less than (<), greater than or equal to (
"
), or lessthan or equal to (
!
). For example, 5 < 10 is aninequality. Additionally, while equations provideonly one correct answer, inequalities leave roomfor a variety of answers. For example, if
 x 
> 5 then
 x 
is 6, or 7, or 8, or any number bigger than 5.When you are working with inequalities, rememberthat positive numbers are always greater thannegative numbers and 0 is less than a positivenumber but greater than a negative number.A compound inequality is a slightly more complexstatement that shows two inequalities at once. In acompound inequality, the value of a single variablefalls within a specific range of values. For example,–5 <
 y 
< 5 is a compound inequality that defines thevalue of
 y 
as a range of numbers between –5 and 5.
About Inequalities
50 < 100
true
–6
!
–15
false
–30
!
–30
true
–20
"
1
false
–2 > –5
true
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