SOLUTION: Write the verbal sentence as an inequality. Then solve the inequality Six times a number is less than -18 Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated

Algebra ->  Inequalities -> SOLUTION: Write the verbal sentence as an inequality. Then solve the inequality Six times a number is less than -18 Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated      Log On


   



Question 107283: Write the verbal sentence as an inequality. Then solve the inequality
Six times a number is less than -18

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Six times a number is less than -18
if you have: six+timesanumber
you can use symbol x for that number and write it as
6x
then, you know that 6x is less then -18
so, you can put it all together and write an inequality this way:
6x+%3C+-18
now you can solve it:
6x+%3C+-18.............divide both sides by 6
6x%2F6+%3C+-%2818%2F6%29
x+%3C+-3