SOLUTION: How do you turn "One third of a number is at least the sum of the number and five" into an equation?

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Question 988285: How do you turn "One third of a number is at least the sum of the number and five" into an equation?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
: One third of a number
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"is at least" translates to "is greater than or equal to"
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: the sum of the number and five
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So all together,


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