Question

Sal wrote the statement below to represent the inequality 8n - 5 ≥ 25. Which words should Sal use to complete the verbal statement? The product of 8 and n decreased by 5 is _____25. less than greater than less than or equal to greater than or equal to

Answer 1

Answer: greater than or equal to

The symbol
`\ge` can be thought of a greater than sign over top an equal sign, like this
`\stackrel{>}{=}` though the second horizontal line is erased to keep things relatively more simple (in terms of having to write it out).