document.write( "Question 872702: Hello, I have a homework about inequalities:word problems.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"For each of the following, a) choose a variable to represent the number indicated in parentheses. b) use the variable to write an inequality based on the given information, do not solve.\"
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\n" ); document.write( "16. The greater of two consecutive even integers is at most 50 less than five times (the smaller).
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Hello, I have a homework about inequalities:word problems.
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\n" ); document.write( "16. The greater of two consecutive even integers is at most 50 less than five times (the smaller).
\n" ); document.write( "Thank you, and please explain to me how it is solved, that would help me a lot.
\n" ); document.write( "{P.S. any help would be greatly appreciated.}
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document.write( "Let the smaller integer be S
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document.write( "Being even integers, the greater, or larger is: S + 2
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document.write( "\"At most\" means THE MOST, so the value CANNOT be GREATER than 50 less than 5 times the smaller integer, S\r
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document.write( "Therefore, 
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document.write( "Now solve for S to determine the smaller integer, and add 2 to the smaller integer to determine the larger\r
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document.write( "Then do a check!! \r
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