Question

Which inequality represents the sentence below?

The difference of a number and one and four tenths is more than nine and seventy-eight hundredths.


P-1.4>9.78

P-1.4<9.78

1.4-p>9.78

1.4-p<9.78

Answer 1

The difference of a number P and one and four tenths is more than nine and seventy-eight hundredths.

P - 1.4 > 9.78

Answer 2

A.
`P-1.4>9.78`

Explanation:

We have been given a sentence. We are asked to find the inequality that represents the given sentence.

Sentence:

The difference of a number and one and four tenths is more than nine and seventy-eight hundredths.

Let the number be P.

The difference of number and one and four tenths would be
`P-1.4`.

The difference both numbers is more than nine and seventy-eight hundredths. We can represent this information in an inequality as:

`P-1.4>9.78`

Therefore, option A is the correct choice.