SOLUTION: I am having trouble finding what equation to write. Please transfer the verbal sentence into an inequality and solve. -2 is more than three times a number.

SOLUTION: I am having trouble finding what equation to write. Please transfer the verbal sentence into an inequality and solve. -2 is more than three times a number.

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Question 1125811: I am having trouble finding what equation to write.
Please transfer the verbal sentence into an inequality and solve.
-2 is more than three times a number.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let a number be
i
is more than: >
three times a number:
put it all together:
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