After a long morning of sledding, Mrs. Fieldhouse made a batch of hot cocoa for her daughter and neighborhood friends. She divided it among 8 mugs. Each mug had more than 9 fluid ounces of hot cocoa. Write an inequality to describe the

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2 After a long morning of sledding, Mrs. Fieldhouse
made a batch of hot cocoa for her daughter and
neighborhood friends. She divided it among 8
mugs. Each mug had more than 9 fluid ounces of
hot cocoa. Write an inequality to describe the
situation. Then complete the sentence.
Transcribed Image Text:2 After a long morning of sledding, Mrs. Fieldhouse made a batch of hot cocoa for her daughter and neighborhood friends. She divided it among 8 mugs. Each mug had more than 9 fluid ounces of hot cocoa. Write an inequality to describe the situation. Then complete the sentence.
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In this question, the concept of Inequality is applied.

Inequality

Equations in mathematics aren't usually about balancing both sides with an 'equal to' sign. It's sometimes about a 'not equal to' relationship when something is larger than or less than the other. In mathematics, an inequality is a relationship that compares two numbers or other mathematical expressions in a non-equal way.

 

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