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Determine the inequality symbol that corresponds with the statement.
d-2<- 1
less thanso we can identify that the inequality symbol should be <. A number $d$ minus 2 < -1
On the left-hand side, we can write the given verbal phrase, a number d minus 2,
as the following algebraic expression.
&A number $d$ minus 2
& d - 2
On the right-hand side, we have the constant -1. Putting these sides together, we have a complete inequality.
A number $d$ minus 2 is less than -1.
d - 2 < -1