This is the punchline of today's lesson, and an important new concept for you all to grasp: \textbf{\textsc{Inequalities}}. The symbols for them are: \begin{enumerate}\begin{multicols}{2} \item $>$ = \fillin[greater than][0.3\textwidth] \item $<$ = \fillin[less than][0.3\textwidth] \item $\leq$ = \fillin[less than or equal to][0.3\textwidth] \item $\geq$ = \fillin[greater than or equal to][0.3\textwidth] \end{multicols}\end{enumerate} \begin{examplebox} \subsection{Examples:} \begin{questions} \Question[1] $4 \fillin[<] 6$ \Question[1] $5 \fillin[>] 3$ \Question[1] $2 \fillin[=] 2$ \Question[1] $-2 \fillin[>] -10$ \Question[1] $8 \fillin[>] -8$ \end{questions} Let us now visualise these inequalities on a number line: \begin{questions} \Question[1] $x<2$: \begin{solutionorbox}[1in] \end{solutionorbox} \Question[1] $x\geq-1$ \begin{solutionorbox}[1in] \end{solutionorbox} \end{questions} Here is some more practise: \begin{questions} \Question[3] Graph each set on the number line. \begin{parts} \part \(\{x: x \leq-2\}\) \begin{solutionorbox}[1in] \end{solutionorbox} \part \(\{x: x>3\}\) \begin{solutionorbox}[1in] \end{solutionorbox} \part \(\left\{x: x \geq 3 \frac{1}{2}\right\}\) \begin{solutionorbox}[1in] \end{solutionorbox} \end{parts} \end{questions} \end{examplebox} \begin{exercisebox} \subsection{Exercises:} \begin{questions} \Question[3] Copy and insert \(>\) or \(<\) to make each statement true. \begin{parts} \part \(7 \fillin[>] 2\) \part \(-54 \fillin[>] -500\) \part \(21 \fillin[<] 40\) \end{parts} \Question[3] Copy and insert \(\leq\) or \(\geq\) to make each statement true. \begin{parts} \part \(-7 \fillin[\leq]-2\) \part \(-10 \fillin[\geq]-50\) \part \(12 \fillin[\leq] 26\) \end{parts} \Question[5] Use set notation to describe each interval. \begin{center} \begin{parts} \part \ineqLine{-4}{3}{-2}{1.5}{0} \begin{solutionorbox}[2cm] \[\{x:x>-2\}\] \end{solutionorbox} \part \ineqLine{-6}{1}{-2}{-5}{0} \begin{solutionorbox}[2cm] \[\{x:x<-2\}\] \end{solutionorbox} \part \ineqLine[1.5]{-6}{1}{-2.5}{-4.8}{1} \begin{solutionorbox}[2cm] \[\{x:x\leq -2.5\}\] \end{solutionorbox} \end{parts} \end{center} \end{questions} \end{exercisebox}