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Quantity A |
Quantity B |
\( x^2 + 1\) |
\(x+1\) |
A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Carcass wrote:
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
\( x^2 + 1\) |
\(x+1\) |
A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
This is a great question for applying the Looking for Equality strategy (see video below), because we can immediately see that, if x = 0, then the two quantities are equal.
Conversely, x = 2, then the two quantities are NOT equal.
Answer: D
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