SOLUTION: Twice the difference of a number and three is greater than or equal to the number increased by five. Find the solution.
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Question 186838: Twice the difference of a number and three is greater than or equal to the number increased by five. Find the solution.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Twice the difference of a number and three is greater than or equal to the number increased by five" translates to
Start with the given inequality.
Distribute.
Add to both sides.
Subtract from both sides.
Combine like terms on the left side.
Combine like terms on the right side.
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Answer:
So the answer is
This means that 11 or any other larger number will satisfy the statement.
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