If <span class="math-inline" data-latex-source="x=\sqrt[3]{2197}" data-display-mode="false" contenteditable="false"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>=</mo><mroot><mn>2197</mn><mn>3</mn></mroot></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">x=\sqrt[3]{2197}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.04em;vertical-align:-0.1328em;"></span><span class="mord sqrt"><span class="root"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.7869em;"><span style="top:-2.9647em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.5em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size1 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">3</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9072em;"><span class="svg-align" style="top:-3em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord" style="padding-left:0.833em;"><span class="mord">2197</span></span></span><span style="top:-2.8672em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="hide-tail" style="min-width:0.853em;height:1.08em;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400em" height="1.08em" viewBox="0 0 400000 1080" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin slice"><path d="M95,702 c-2.7,0,-7.17,-2.7,-13.5,-8c-5.8,-5.3,-9.5,-10,-9.5,-14 c0,-2,0.3,-3.3,1,-4c1.3,-2.7,23.83,-20.7,67.5,-54 c44.2,-33.3,65.8,-50.3,66.5,-51c1.3,-1.3,3,-2,5,-2c4.7,0,8.7,3.3,12,10 s173,378,173,378c0.7,0,35.3,-71,104,-213c68.7,-142,137.5,-285,206.5,-429 c69,-144,104.5,-217.7,106.5,-221 l0 -0 c5.3,-9.3,12,-14,20,-14 H400000v40H845.2724 s-225.272,467,-225.272,467s-235,486,-235,486c-2.7,4.7,-9,7,-19,7 c-6,0,-10,-1,-12,-3s-194,-422,-194,-422s-65,47,-65,47z M834 80h400000v40h-400000z"/></svg></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s"></span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1328em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and <span class="math-inline" data-latex-source="y^2=169" data-display-mode="false" contenteditable="false"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>y</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>=</mo><mn>169</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">y^2=169</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.0085em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight">2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">169</span></span></span></span></span>, then which relation is certainly true?
Practice this question from Chapter Mock 14: Inequality, with options and an explanation.
Question
If <span class="math-inline" data-latex-source="x=\sqrt[3]{2197}" data-display-mode="false" contenteditable="false"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>=</mo><mroot><mn>2197</mn><mn>3</mn></mroot></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">x=\sqrt[3]{2197}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.04em;vertical-align:-0.1328em;"></span><span class="mord sqrt"><span class="root"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.7869em;"><span style="top:-2.9647em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.5em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size1 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">3</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9072em;"><span class="svg-align" style="top:-3em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord" style="padding-left:0.833em;"><span class="mord">2197</span></span></span><span style="top:-2.8672em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="hide-tail" style="min-width:0.853em;height:1.08em;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400em" height="1.08em" viewBox="0 0 400000 1080" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin slice"><path d="M95,702
c-2.7,0,-7.17,-2.7,-13.5,-8c-5.8,-5.3,-9.5,-10,-9.5,-14
c0,-2,0.3,-3.3,1,-4c1.3,-2.7,23.83,-20.7,67.5,-54
c44.2,-33.3,65.8,-50.3,66.5,-51c1.3,-1.3,3,-2,5,-2c4.7,0,8.7,3.3,12,10
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Option A
$x<y$
Option B
$x>y$
Option C — Correct answer
$x\ge y$
Correct choice.
Option D
$x\le y$
Explanation
$x=13$. For $y^2=169$, the possible values are $13$ and $-13$. So $x$ is always greater than or equal to $y$.