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Question 1172930: when four times a number is subtracted from 100 the answer must be less than twenty-five. What is the smallest integer that satisfies this condition?
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100 - 4x < 25
- 4x < -75
4x > 75 // flip < to > after multiplying both sides by -1
x > 75/4
x > 18.75
The smallest integer that satisfies this condition is +highlight%28+19+%29+