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Question

Five plus three times a number is less than the difference of two times the same number and 4. What is the number?

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Answer 1

n = number

5+3n < 2n-4

n < -9

Answer 2

Let the number be x

5+3x<2x-4

3x-2x=-4-9

x<-9

Verify

5+3(-9)<2(-9)-4

5-27<-13

5< -13+27

5<14

True

Answer 3

5+3x<2x-4

get all the variables to one side: x<-9

Answer 4

Let the number be n,

Now according to your question we will form equation like this,

5 + 3n < 2n - 4

this gives, n < -9, if n is an integer then n = -10, -11, -12 and so on....

Answer 5

12

Answer 6

5 + 3 x < 2x - 4

x < - 9