Question

(1a) There is a closed carton of eggs in Mai's refrigerator. The carton contains e eggs and it can hold 12 eggs. What does the inequality e<12 mean in this context?

Answer 1

e<12 mean in this context means that the number of eggs in the carton is not up to 12

Explanation:

The number of eggs in the carton = 12

The capacity of egg carton is depicted as e

Hence, the inequality e<12 in this context means that :

The number of eggs in the carton is less than the capacity of the egg carton

Thus we can conclude that the number of eggs in the carton is not up to 12, which is the number of eggs the carton can hold.