![Algebra 1](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780078884801/9780078884801_largeCoverImage.gif)
Write an inequality and solve the equation.
![Check Mark](/static/check-mark.png)
Answer to Problem 33PPS
Variable: x ;
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Six times a number decreased by 8 is less than five times the number plus 21.
Concept Used:
Let the variable be ‘ x’
Now convert the condition given in the question into an inequality.
Six times a number decreased by 8 is less than five times the number plus 21.
Six times a number decreased by 8 =
Five times the number plus 21=
Six times a number decreased by 8 is less than five times the number plus 21.
:
Calculation:
Inequality:
Solve for x :
Solution:
Thus, the required number x is less than 29
Chapter 5 Solutions
Algebra 1
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
Elementary Algebra
PREALGEBRA
College Algebra
Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)
College Algebra
College Algebra (7th Edition)
- Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780134463216Author:Robert F. BlitzerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary Abstract AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305657960Author:Joseph GallianPublisher:Cengage LearningLinear Algebra: A Modern IntroductionAlgebraISBN:9781285463247Author:David PoolePublisher:Cengage Learning
- Algebra And Trigonometry (11th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780135163078Author:Michael SullivanPublisher:PEARSONIntroduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth EditionAlgebraISBN:9780980232776Author:Gilbert StrangPublisher:Wellesley-Cambridge PressCollege Algebra (Collegiate Math)AlgebraISBN:9780077836344Author:Julie Miller, Donna GerkenPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780134463216/9780134463216_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305657960/9781305657960_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781285463247/9781285463247_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780135163078/9780135163078_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780980232776/9780980232776_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Text book image](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780077836344/9780077836344_smallCoverImage.gif)