Can someone tell me what the difference between the less than or less than or equal to sigh and the greater than or greater than or equal to sign is

At dinner, 2/5 of the people had fish and 1/3 had chicken. if everyone else had lamb, what fraction of the people had lamb? and if 40 people had lamb , calculate the total number of people at the dinner.

7. if the value of x varies directly with the value of y, and x = 3 when y = 21. what is the valu y, and x = 3 when y = 21. what is the value of x when y = 105?

Logan wants to know how many skateboards have defective parts. he inspects 20,000 skateboards and keeps track of the number of defects per board. use his probability distribution table to find the expected value for defects on a skateboard.