SOLUTION: How would I do this Algebra problem? "Three times the sum of a number and seven is greater than five times the number less thirteen?"

SOLUTION: How would I do this Algebra problem? "Three times the sum of a number and seven is greater than five times the number less thirteen?"

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Question 239530: How would I do this Algebra problem? "Three times the sum of a number and seven is greater than five times the number less thirteen?"
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let

represent the number. Then the sum of a number an seven is:

. Three times that is

. Five times the number is

, and less thirteen is then

.

Put it all together:

Solve for the solution set interval. Remember to reverse the sense of the inequality if you multiply by a negative value.

John

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