The phrase greater than divides the sentence into what should be on the left-hand side and what should be on the right-hand side of the inequality.
k/9>1/3
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Every inequality has an inequality symbol and values or expressions on either side of this symbol. In this exercise, we have the phrase greater than, so we can identify that the inequality symbol should be >.
The quotient ofkand9 > 1/3On the left-hand side, we have one key phrase: the quotient of. These words tell us the operations that will be used in our inequality. Quotient indicates division.
the quotient of kand 9
k÷ 9 ⇔ k/9
On the right-hand side, we have a constant. Putting these sides together, we have a complete inequality.
The quotient of kand 9 is greater than1/3.
k/9 > 1/3
