SOLUTION: Negative four times the difference of six and a number is at least seven times the number?

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Question 800345: Negative four times the difference of six and a number is at least seven times the number?

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Negative four: -4
times the difference of six and a number- 6-x: -4%286-x%29
is at+least: means equal or greater than
seven times the number: 7x
so, you have -4%286-x%29%3E=7x
now solve for x
-24%2B4x%3E=7x
-24%3E=7x-4x
-24%3E=3x
-24%2F3%3E=x
-8%3E=x or x%3C=-8+