SOLUTION: three times a number less than one half of the number.

SOLUTION: three times a number less than one half of the number.

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Question 389746: three times a number less than one half of the number.
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Understanding the words is the key to word problems.
So this equation writes out as:
3x<1/2x
Multiply each side by 2 to get:
6x Subtract x and divide by 5 and we get:
x<0
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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