SOLUTION: Please help me solve this Word problem about inequality: Two thirds of a number decreased by 27 is at least 9.

SOLUTION: Please help me solve this Word problem about inequality: Two thirds of a number decreased by 27 is at least 9.

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Question 354482: Please help me solve this Word problem about inequality: Two thirds of a number decreased by 27 is at least 9.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the number be x
2/3 of the number = 2x/3

add 71
2x-71+71>=27+71
2x>=98
/2
x>=49
...
m.ananth@hotmail.ca
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