Due on Thursday How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality?

? 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 a solution to both the equation and the inequality?

Write an inequality and provide a value that may or may not be a solution to the inequality.

1. Consider responding to a classmate by determining whether or not the solution provided is a solution to the inequality. If the value he or she provides is a solution, provide a value that is not a solution. If the value is not a solution, provide a value that is a solution. You know if a value is the solution to an inequality if it fulfills the inequality. If it agrees that the value is either greater than, less than, equal to another value, then it is a solution. In some cases there can be infinite solutions. It is different from determining the value from an equation since you can mostly only have a discrete value of solutions. If the value is a solution, it must fulfill the agreement that both sides are equal, unlike in inequalities where they could be less, equal or greater than each other. There are no cases where that will work unless you replace the equal sign with a less than or equal to or greater than or equal to. Then only that works.

3x+2 > 2x+3

Is 5 a solution? Is -1 a solution? HINT: Solve this inequality... and then plug and chug Solution: I believe the solution to your inequality is 5. 3x+2 > 2x+3 3(5)+2>2(5)+3 15+2>10+3 17>13 - This is a true statement. 17 is greater than 13.

2. If the number that is substituted for the variable in the inequality is true then it is the solution for that inequality. An example of this would be x< -8 making x= -9 would be a solution because 9 is less than -8 allowing for any number past -9 to left on the number line be a solution of the inequality -9 < -8. The solution of an inequality is different from that of an equation because an inequality can have many solutions that replace the variable and make the statement true whereas an equation has one solution for the variable and the statements on each side of the equals must be alike in order for it to be the solution. I would say that if the equals sign in the equation was changed to an inequality sign that there is a chance that the same value could be the solution to both the equation and the inequality. This is because inequalities could have many solutions making the one solution for the equation a possibility at being the same for the inequality. Inequality for the class: x> 10 solution is or is not 3 3. You will know that a value is a solution for an inequality if the inequality is true. What I mean by this is that if one is working on a problem such as: 4+2a<9, when a=2 this inequality is true because 9 is greater than 8. On the other hand, if a would = 6, then this inequality would be false because then the problem would read 16<9. I believe (and please correct me if I am wrong) that the only difference from determining if a value is a solution to an equation is the equal sign. Either way, the statement has to be true once it is simplified or solved. The signs are not normally interchangeable between equations and inequalities; however, if the solutions are the same value on both the problems, one could replace the equal sign with either the greater than or equal to sign or the less than or equal to sign.

Inequality for classmates to solve: 5+3x-6>-3(2-x)-8 Is 2 a value for this inequality? 4. An inequality shows two statements that are true if and only if one statement differs from the other by being greater than, less than, or equal to the other. Inequalities have multiple solutions, while equations have unique solutions. If a solution is a solution of the inequality, it will not be a solution of the equation formed from the inequality unless the inequality has a greater than or equal to sign or a less than or equal to sign, in which case, x=the same value that x>=, and that value is the unique solution to the equation formed from the inequality. example:

x+3>4 x>1 lets choose 2 for the value: 2+3>4 5>4 true 2+3=4 5=4 false