Question

in writing inequalities, the first step is to understand the ____. when writing inequalities, assigning __ to key quantities is essential. to create an inequality, you must determine how the __ are related. the phrase \at least\ in a problem implies that the inequality should use the symbol ____. if you encounter the phrase
o more than,\ the inequality should use the symbol ______.

Explanation:

1. Understanding the problem context is foundational to writing relevant inequalities.
2. Variables represent unknown key quantities in inequalities.
3. The relationship between quantities defines the inequality type.
4. "At least" means the value is greater than or equal to, so use ≥.
5. "No more than" means the value is less than or equal to, so use ≤.

Answer:

problem context
variables
quantities
≥
≤