SOLUTION: If 5 is added to three times a number, the sum is less than twice that number. For what numbers can this be true?

SOLUTION: If 5 is added to three times a number, the sum is less than twice that number. For what numbers can this be true?

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Question 485324: If 5 is added to three times a number, the sum is less than twice that number. For what numbers can this be true?
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x is a number

This can be the truth for any
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