How is an inequality different from an equation? Give a real-world scenario in which you will write an inequality rather than an equation.
An equation has an answer that it just one number instead of like an infinite number. An inequality has an answer that could be less than, greater than, less than or equal to and greater than or equal to. An example would be, If I had $1,284 in my bank account and I wanted to buy a toy for all the kids in class, how many could I buy if they were $3.68 each. the answer would be 3.68x is less than or equal to 1,284 so x would be 348.9 and less
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An inequality is different from an equation in that it represents a relationship between two expressions that may not be equal, whereas an equation represents a relationship where the expressions on both sides are equal.
In a real-world scenario, you may write an inequality rather than an equation when dealing with situations that involve inequalities or ranges of values. For example, consider a situation where you are organizing a fundraising event for a charity. You need to rent a venue, and the cost of renting varies depending on the number of people attending.
In this case, you would write an inequality rather than an equation to represent the relationship between the number of people attending and the cost of renting the venue. Let's say the cost of renting the venue is $500, plus $10 per person attending. You could write the inequality as:
C > 500 + 10P
Where C represents the total cost of renting the venue, and P represents the number of people attending. This inequality would mean that the cost of renting the venue is greater than $500, plus $10 multiplied by the number of people attending. It allows for different possibilities of cost depending on the number of people, rather than just a single fixed cost as in an equation.