CHAPTER 3: LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES Contents

However, 2 cannot possibly be a solution since 2 is not less than 1. NOTE: The inequality symbols < and > can be quite easy to interpret, however, the inequalities symbols ≤ and ≥ on the other hand, can be tricky. For example, is read as “𝑥𝑥 is less than or equal to 1.” The keyword here is the word “or.” The word “or ... ................
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