The sum of twice a number and 5 is at most 3 less than the number

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asked Jan 22, 2019 199k views

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Ukejoe · Answer 1 · 2019-01-27T14:21:33+0000

So this is our inequality in algebraic terms:
$2n+5\leq n-3$

Firstly, subtract n on both sides of the inequality:
$n+5\leq -3$

Next, subtract 5 on both sides of the inequality, and your inequality is
$n\leq -8$