SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME! ASAP. Find all the numbers such that the sum of the number and 36 is greater than five times the number.

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Question 637519: PLEASE HELP ME! ASAP. Find all the numbers such that the sum of the number and 36 is greater than five times the number.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let's number be n
the sum of the number n and 36%7D%7D+is+greater+than+%7B%7B%7Bfive times the number; so, we have
n%2B36%3E5n
36%3E5n-n
36%3E4n
36%2F4%3En
9%3En....or...n%3C9
check: first n%3C9 is n=8
8%2B36%3E5%2A8
44%3E40