SOLUTION: five more than twice a number is at least 60

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Question 387425: five more than twice a number is at least 60
Answer by gwendolyn(128) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, we have to put this into an inequality equation.
"Five more than" means "5+"
"Twice an number" means "2n," because we will use n as our variable.
"Is at least 60" means %22%3E=60%22
When you combine these fragments, you get:
5%2B2n%3E=60
To solve this, first subtract 5 from both sides.
2n%3E=55
Then, isolate the variable by dividing by two.
n%3E=%2855%2F2%29
This, as a decimal, is 27.5.