Evaluating expressions
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Answer:
<h2>1 < x < 6 ⇒ x ∈ (1, 6)</h2>Step-by-step explanation:
3x - 8 > -5 <em>add 8 to both sides</em>
3x > 3 <em>divide both sides by 3</em>
x > 1
2x - 7 < 5 <em>add 7 to both sides</em>
2x < 12 <em>divide both sides by 2</em>
x < 6
From x > 1 and x < 6 we have the solution 1 < x < 6 ⇒ x ∈ (1, 6)
Answer:
5 times as large
Step-by-step explanation:
You can think of "10^5" as "green marbles" if you like. Then your question is ...
5 green marbles is how many times as large as 1 green marble.
Hopefully, the answer is all too clear: it is 5 times as large.
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In math terms, when you want to know how many times as large y is as x, the answer is found by dividing y by x:
y/x . . . . . tells you how many times as large as x is y.
Here, that looks like ...