What is the source of my confusion about inequality?

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The discussion centers on the confusion surrounding the interpretation of inequalities in a mathematical context. The user highlights an integral representation with variables S, T, A, and B, where S and T denote the bounds of integration, and A and B represent modified inequalities. The user identifies a potential error in the inequalities presented, specifically questioning the validity of the portion highlighted in red. The mathematical manipulations involving reversing signs and rearranging terms are confirmed as correct, while the highlighted section is deemed nonsensical.

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I posted the paragraph with the inequality where I am confused...

I also added a portion i highlighted in red
 

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Miike012 said:
I posted the paragraph with the inequality where I am confused...

I also added a portion i highlighted in red

The text in the image is not very clear. One of the 'I's appears to have a line on the bottom, the other has the line on top.

Regardless, the portion in the red box looks nonsensical. Everything before that makes sense.

Let the s integral be represented by S, and the t integral be represented by T. Let's call the first I with the bar on the bottom A and the second I with the bar on top B.

So the inequalities are:

[itex]S \leq A \leq T[/itex] ---(1)

and [itex]S \leq B \leq T[/itex] ---(2)

Take (-1) times inequality 1. Remember to reverse all the signs:

[itex]-S \geq -A \geq -T[/itex]

Reverse the order of the terms (just write it backward):

[itex]-T \leq -A \leq -S[/itex] ---(3)

Add (3) to (2):

[itex]S-T \leq B-A \leq T-S[/itex]

and the latter half of that is what's given in the attachment (before the red box).

What's in the red box looks wrong as I said - was that in the original?
 

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