Concept explainers
Define a variable, write an inequality and solve the problem and check the solution.
Answer to Problem 29PPS
Variable is the number: x
Compound Inequality:
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Eight less than a number is no more than 14 and no less than 5
Concept Used:
No less than 5 is the same as greater than or equal to (
Translate the statement into inequality equation.
Let the number be x.
Eight less than a number:
Eight less than a number is no more than 14:
No less than 5 is the same as greater than or equal to (
Eight less than a number is no less than 5:
Compound Inequality:
Calculation:
Compound Inequality:
The solution of the compound inequality
Thus, the solution of the compound inequality
Chapter 5 Solutions
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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