Solve for xx and graph the solution on the number line below.
9, is less than, 7, plus, x
9<
7+x
Answer
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Inequality Notation:
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To solve the inequality 9<7+x, we need to isolate x.
First, subtract 7 from both sides of the inequality:
9 - 7 < 7 + x - 7
2 < x
So the solution for x is x > 2.
On the number line, we would start at 2 and shade to the right to represent all the numbers greater than 2.
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2 -----> (x > 2)
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