Question

$x>5$ implies that:

• A. $x\text{is less than 5}$
• B. $x\text{is greater than 5}$
• C. $x\text{is equal to 5}$
• D. $x\text{is greater than or equal to 5}$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $x\text{is greater than 5}$

The table below shows the meaning for various inequality symbols

Symbol	Meaning
$>$	greater than
$<$	less than
$\ge$	greater than or equal to
$\le$	less than or equal to

From the above table, we can see that the meaning of the symbol $>$ is ''greater than''.
$\therefore x>5\text{implies that}x\text{is greater than 5.}$

Hence, (b.) is the correct choice.