Chapter 17
Making Inequalities More Fair
An inequality is a statement involving more than one expression and/or number. When two expressions are set greater than or less than one another, you want to determine for what numbers the statement is true. Inequalities can also involve several statements, one greater than the next, greater than the next, and so on. Solving these statements involves treating each section exactly the same and using the rules for dealing with inequalities.
The Problems You'll Work On
In short, here's what you'll be doing in this chapter:
What to Watch Out For
As you zip through the problems in this chapter, keep the following in mind:
Performing Operations on Inequalities
716–719 Perform the indicated operation on the inequalities.
716. Starting with 7 > 3, add −2 to each side, and then ...
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