Madison represented the sentence "The product of 3 and the difference of and the quotient of a number and is at most 5" by using the inequality . Which best describes Madison’s error?a) The difference of –4 and the quotient of a number and –2" should be written as . b) The product of 3 and the difference of –4 and the quotient of a number and –2" should be written as . c) The less than symbol should be replaced with the less than or equal to symbol. d) The less than symbol should be replaced with the greater than symbol.

c) The less than symbol should be replaced with the less than or equal to symbol.

Step-by-step explanation:

3(-4 - n/-2) < 5

The equation written above could be interpreted as :

The product of 3 and the difference of -4 and the quotient of a number, n and -2 is less than 5

This means that the only error in Maddison's representation is the inequality sign, the inequality sign used by Maddison is wrong.

The equation should be used with a ≤ sign and expressed thus :

3(-4 - n/-2) ≤ 5

This means the left hand side (L. H. S) is less than or equal to 5 ; this means the L. H. S is at most 5

x-3y=4

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