SOLUTION: Write the verbal sentence as an inequality.Then solve the inequality Five plus a number is at least 16. Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Question 107278: Write the verbal sentence as an inequality.Then solve the inequality
Five plus a number is at least 16.

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Five plus a number is at least 16.
"At least" means that's the least (smallest) it can be, so it could be 16 (= 16)or it could be larger than 16 (> 16). So we would write.

To solve this inequality, subtract 5 from both sides.
Subtract 5.

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