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Chapter 3: Q4. (page 140)

What are equivalent inequalities?

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Equivalent Inequalities are inequalities that communicate the same information.

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Step- 1- Definition of equivalent inequalities

Equivalent Inequalities are inequalities that communicate the same information.

There are a few different ways to produce equivalent inequalities.

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Step- 2- Taking an example to understand equivalent inequalities

First, an equality is equivalent to its mirror image. Let’s see what that looks like:

x>4;4<x

Notice that one equality is essentially a backwards version of the other. The pointy part of the inequality sign is always pointing towards the 4. When this is the case, the inequalities are equivalent.

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