Question

What is the smallest integer value of r for which it is true that -2.5 < r < 7?

Answer 1

Answer:

$r = -2$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$-2.5 < r < 7$

Required

Determine the smallest value or r

For an inequality $a < r < b$

The smallest value is represented as:

$r>a$

In this case:

$a = -2.5$

$b = 7$

So:

$r>a$ becomes

$r > -2.5$

r > -2.5 implies that the value of r is greater than -2.5

The smallest integer value after -2.5 is -2

Hence, the smallest value of r in this case is:

$r = -2$