document.write( "Question 1172930: when four times a number is subtracted from 100 the answer must be less than twenty-five. What is the smallest integer that satisfies this condition? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "100 - 4x < 25
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document.write( "    - 4x < -75
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document.write( "      4x > 75      // flip < to > after multiplying both sides by -1
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document.write( "       x > 75/4
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document.write( "       x > 18.75\r
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document.write( "The smallest integer that satisfies this condition is 
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