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23. Which statement below expresses an equation?A. A number m is greater than -10 but less than 21B. Each numbert divided by 7 is greater than or equal to 5 C .Seven times each number m is less than or equal to-2 D. Twice a number k increased by 8 yields thirty

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For this problem, we are given a few statements and we need to determine which one expresses an equation.

An equation denotes equality, we need to find the statements that compare two situations saying they are equal.

The first statement is "A number m is greater than -10 but less than 21", notice how we don't have equality, but we have a range the statement talks about "less" or "greater", but doesn't talk about a definitive value. This is an inequation,

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