Question

a loss of $500 dollars in the stock market is worse than a gain of $200 in the stock market. Write an inequality that relates the rational numbers

Answer 1

-500 < 200

Explanation:

In inequality,

less than = <

greater than = >

Less than equal to = ≤

Greater than equal to = ≥,

Here, the given sentence is, loss of $500 is worse than a gain of $200

Generally, loss represents by an amount with a negative sign, That is, loss of $ 500 = - $ 500 Also, worse than is equivalent to less than. Thus, the required inequality would be, -500 less than 200 ⇒ -500 < 200