document.write( "Question 741780: five more than twice a number is greater than negative seventeen
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document.write( "Let x be a number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write inequality as you read the problem\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x + 5 > -17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify step by step\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x > -17 - 5,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x > -22,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x > ,  or,  which is the same,  x > -11.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The solution to the given inequality is the set of real numbers  x > -11.\r\n" );
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