document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1051072>Question 1051072</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help I need to define a variable, write an inequality and solve each problem. My question is Two times the sum of a number and four is no more than three times the sum of the number and seven decreased by four.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(x+4) is less than or equal to 3(x+7)-4. That says twice the sum of a number added to 4 is less than or equal to (not more than) thrice the sum of a number and seven decreased by four.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+8 <= 3x+21-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+8 <= 3x+17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x <= 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x> = -9 ANSWER<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Change the inequality when you multiply or divide by a negative number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "try -10 should not work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-6)2 is less than or equal to 3(-10+7)-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12 is less than -13.  No, it does not work<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5 should work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(-1) is less than 2(2)-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 is less than 0.  Yes, it works. </SPAN>\n" );
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