Question 741780
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five more than twice a number is greater than negative seventeen 
find all numbers that make this statement true
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Let x be a number.


Write inequality as you read the problem

    2x + 5 > -17.


Simplify step by step

    2x > -17 - 5,

    2x > -22,

     x > {{{-22/2}}},  or,  which is the same,  x > -11.


<U>ANSWER</U>.  The solution to the given inequality is the set of real numbers  x > -11.
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