Question

The notation $x>y$ represents:

• A. $x$ is strictly greater than $y$
• B. $x$ is strictly smaller than $y$
• C. $x$ is equal to $y$
• D. sometimes $x$ is greater than $y,$ and sometimes $x$ is smaller than $y$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $x$ is strictly greater than $y$

The 'greater than' sign is represented by $>.$ It means that the value on the left side is strictly greater than the value on the right side.

Hence, $x>y$ implies that $x$ is strictly greater than $y$

Therefore, option (a.) is the correct choice