SOLUTION: Penelope is playing a number game with her sister June. Penelope is thinking of a number, x, and wants June to guess it. Five more than two times her number is between 3 and 17. Wr

Question 1135617: Penelope is playing a number game with her sister June. Penelope is thinking of a number, x, and wants June to guess it. Five more than two times her number is between 3 and 17. Write a compound inequality that shows the range of numbers that Penelope might be thinking of.
Answer by ikleyn(52905) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The compound inequality you are asking for is


    3 <= 2x + 5 <= 17.


If you want to get its solution, then


a)  subtract 5 from all three components of the inequality


    3 - 5 <= 2x <= 17-5,   or

    -2    <= 2x <= 12


b)  divide by 2 all three components of the last inequality


     -1 <= x <= 6.


It is your ANSWER.  Penelope's number is between -1  and 6, inclusively.

Answered.

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