Question

Be sure to give an explanation for each step. 1=+1 D=-1 Which is greater? B Left Right Explain > or =

Answer 1

On the rectangle A, we have the following expressions represented with the squares:

For rectangle B we have:

Comparing the expressions, we have the following:

`\begin{gathered} 2x+1>2x \\ -3x-1<-x+1 \end{gathered}`

the first inequality is true since a number plus 1 is always going to be greater than the number alone (in this case, 2x). In the second inequality, -3 times a number is alwas less than -1 times that number.