document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=142807>Question 142807</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve both inequalites \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.) Fifteen is greater than a number minus 7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.) A number plus 11 is less than or equal to 9.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks so much. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #103957 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fruglemiester1234><B>Fruglemiester1234(13)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fruglemiester1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=103957\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The hardest part about these problems is getting from words to numbers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 > x - 7... is the equation I get. The phrase \"15 is\" tells me automatically to put \"15=\" no exceptions...well in this case the = sign is the greater than sign(>). And when they say \" a number\" you can just put in any old letter, I like x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 7 to both sides. you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "......22 > x \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 11 <= 9... is what I get for the second problem( <= is less than or equal to). Again I see that word \"is\", \"is\" always acts as the = sign (or >, <, <=).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 11 from both sides. You get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".......x <= -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Some basic rules to follow when working with word problems:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...\"A number\" = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...\"is\" = (=, <, >, >=) </SPAN>\n" );
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