Question

There is a closed carton of eggs in Mai's refrigerator. The carton

contains e eggs and it can hold 12 eggs.
1. What does the inequality e < 12 mean in this context?
2. What does the inequality e > 0 mean in this context?
3. What are some possible values of e that will make both e < 12
and e > 0 true?

Answer 1

e<12 means there are less than 12 eggs,

e>0 means there are more than 0 eggs,

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.