Question

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Express the statement as an inequality
a. x is negative
1. x < 0
2. x = 0
3. x ≥ 0
4. x > 0
5. x ≤ 0

b. y is nonnegative
1. y ≤ 0
2. y > 0
3. y ≥ 0
4. y < 0
5. y = 0

c. q is less than or equal to π
1. q = π
2. q < π
3. q ≥ π
4. q ≤ π
5. q > π

Answer 1

Answer: a. x is negative: x < 0

b. y is nonnegative: y ≥ 0

c. q is less than or equal to π: q ≤ π

Explanation:

Answer 2

a) 1. x < 0

b) 3. y ≥ 0

c) 4. q ≤ π

Explanation:

Inequality symbol notation

• < means "less than".
• > means "greater than".
• ≤ means "less than or equal to".
• ≥ means "greater than or equal to".
• ≠ means "not equal to".

Part a

Negative numbers are those that are less than zero.

Therefore, if x is negative, then x is less than zero.

The expression of this statement as an inequality is:

• x < 0

Part b

Negative numbers are those that are less than zero. Therefore, non-negative numbers are those that are not less than zero, and so are greater than or equal to zero. Therefore, if y is nonnegative, then y is greater than or equal to zero.

The expression of this statement as an inequality is:

• y ≥ 0

Part c

If q is less than or equal to π, then the expression of this statement as an inequality is:

• q ≤ π