Question

City R has a temperature of -2 degrees. City S has a temperature of -6 degrees. Write an inequality to compare the temperatures of the two cities.

Answer 1

Answer:

  -2 > -6  . . .   or  . . .  R > S

Step-by-step explanation:

If you plot the temperatures of the two cities on a number line, you see that the temperature for City R is plotted to the right of the temperature for City S. This means the temperature of City S is less than that of City R.

If your inequality relates cities:

  S < R   or   R > S

If your inequality relates temperatures:

  -6 < -2   or   -2 > -6