What other possible bids were placed if the winning bid was for $17 000?
Inequality: x < 17 000 Graph:
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Let's think through what it means that the winning bid was for $17 000. Since this bid won, it was the highest bid. This means that the other bids made must have been for less than this amount. If we let x represent any other bid, we can write an inequality for this situation.
x < 17 000
This inequality tells us that all values of x are less than 17 000. This means that the solution set lies to the left of 17 000 on a number line. Furthermore, the inequality symbol indicates that x=17 000 is not a solution, which we will mark with an open circle on the number line at 17 000.
The amount of the bids cannot be negative, so we stop the line at 0.
