Question

Madison represented the sentence "The product of 3 and the difference of and the quotient of a number and is at most 5" by using the inequality . Which best describes Madison’s error?a) The difference of –4 and the quotient of a number and –2" should be written as . b) The product of 3 and the difference of –4 and the quotient of a number and –2" should be written as . c) The less than symbol should be replaced with the less than or equal to symbol. d) The less than symbol should be replaced with the greater than symbol.

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

Answer 2

c) The less than symbol should be replaced with the less than or equal to symbol.

Explanation:

3(-4 - n/-2) < 5

The equation written above could be interpreted as :

The product of 3 and the difference of -4 and the quotient of a number, n and -2 is less than 5

This means that the only error in Maddison's representation is the inequality sign, the inequality sign used by Maddison is wrong.

The equation should be used with a ≤ sign and expressed thus :

3(-4 - n/-2) ≤ 5

This means the left hand side (L. H. S) is less than or equal to 5 ; this means the L. H. S is at most 5