SOLUTION: The quotient of a number, x, and 3 is either less than 5 or more than 21. What are the solutions of this scenario? Show all your work for full credit.
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Question 1019051: The quotient of a number, x, and 3 is either less than 5 or more than 21. What are the solutions of this scenario? Show all your work for full credit.
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x/3 < 5 or x/3 > 21
Manipulate each inequality separately.
x/3 < 5
3 * x/3 < 5 * 3
x < 15
Next Case:
x/3 > 21
3 * x/3 > 21 * 3
x > 63
