Question

Nine less than the product of a number and 4

Answer 1

Let the unknown number be x.

The question says "9 less than the product of a number and 4".

The product of the unknown number (x) and 4 is:

`4* x=4x`

Now, we are told that 9 is less than this product. This also implies that the product is greater than 9.

So we can write:

`\begin{gathered} 9<4x \\ or \\ 4x>9 \end{gathered}`