You can put this solution on YOUR website! The quantity 5 more than t is (5 + t)
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the product of 9 and that quantity is 9(5+t) which multiplies out to 45 + 9t.
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Finally, that result is less than 6. So the equation becomes:
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This inequality is solvable for +t. Start by getting rid of 45 on the left side by subtracting
45 from both sides to get:
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which simplifies to:
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Then you can solve for t by dividing both sides by +9 to get:
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Note that the numerator and denominator of the right side are both divisible by 3. When you divide
them both by 3 the inequality simplifies to:
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This means that the original inequality will be true whenever t is less than
which means whenever t on the number line is to the left of the point .
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That's the answer to the original problem.
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Hope that this helps you to understand problem wording a little better and shows you the way
that the problem can be worked all the way to an answer for t.
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