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Question 1125811: I am having trouble finding what equation to write.
Please transfer the verbal sentence into an inequality and solve.
-2 is more than three times a number.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let a number be x
i -2
is more than: >
three times a number:3x
put it all together:-2%3E3x