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Question 957280: The sentence, six less than the product of 4 and a number is less than 0.5 times the opposite of the number, translates to which mathematical statement?
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let number be x and its opposite -x
the product of 4 and a number is 4x
six less than than 4x is 4x-6
and all that less than 0.5 times the opposite of the number which is 0.5%2A%28-x%29=-0.5x, then we have
4x-6+%3C+-0.5x