SOLUTION: Solve 3x+6>5

Question 534545: Solve 3x+6>5
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There was once a number
That number was multiplied times
After that, to the product they added the number
We know something about the result, but we want to go back to
We need to undo what was done to
undoing each operation in the reverse order than they were done.
So the result of all that is more than
Before they added the it was
or
And before that, before they multiplied by 3 it was
or
Positive and negative numbers can be put on a number line, just like positive and negative numbers for temperature are on the scale of the outdoor thermometer on my back patio.

means that x is not
but it could be any number greater than that, meaning any number on the number line to the right of
It is often represented by coloring the portion of the number line to the right of
and drawing a circle around
like this:

If the result had been

would also be a solution, and that would be indicated by coloring in the circle.
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