Some population experts say Earth cannot sustain a population of more than 10 billion people. How would you write an inequality showing the sustainable population (p)

Question

in billions of people?(1 point)
Responses

p≥10
p greater-than-or-equal-to 10

p>10
p greater than 10

p<10
p less-than-or-equal-to 10,000,000,000

p≤10

Answer 1

To represent the sustainable population (p) in billions of people, you would use the inequality:

p ≤ 10

This means that the population can be 10 billion or less, aligning with the statement that Earth cannot sustain more than 10 billion people.

So the correct response is:

• p ≤ 10
  p less-than-or-equal-to 10