document.write( "Question 647897: describe and correct the error in writing the verbal sentence as an equation or an inequality.\r
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document.write( "14. the sum of a number n and 4 is no more than 13.
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document.write( " n+4<13 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #406458 by Algebraic(50)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You would need to put a small line under the inequality sign.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The answer can be 13, so you need to make it n+4≤13\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Putting a little line under the 'less than' sign now means that n+4 is less than or equal to '13,' which is what the verbal sentence states. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Your original equation didn't have that little line, so it meant that the sum of a number n and 4 is no less than 13. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now, we made the verbal statement and the equation the same to each other. \n" ); document.write( " |