document.write( "Question 407373: Hey guys, this is more of the last stuff:(
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3x - 15 ≥ 3\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I kind of get it? But i keep getting 6 ?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And im kind of confused on how to write an inequality in words. She keeps saying i say it wrong.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How would you say : 3n < 52\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maybe im mixing up how i say the symbols? i really don't know. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thomas earned $44 or more.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t _____ 44\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%3E=3%2B15\" Add \"15\" to both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%3E=18\" Combine like terms on the right side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%3E=%2818%29%2F%283%29\" Divide both sides by \"3\" to isolate \"x\". \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%3E=6\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the answer is \"x%3E=6\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the solution is any number that is equal to 6 or any number that is greater than 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The inequality 3n < 52 is read \"three n is less than 52\" and it translates to the English phrase \"triple some number is less than 52\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Thomas earned $44 or more\" means \"t%3E=44\", so a ≥ symbol will go in between the two. \r
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