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Twelve is no more than the sum of -1.5 times a number w and 4.

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Answer:
12\leq-1.5w+4

Explanation:

The complete exercise is: "Twelve is no more than the sum of -1.5 times a number w and 4. Translate to number form"

You need to remember the meaning of the symbols of inequalities. These are:


< means "Less than".


> means "Greater than".


\leq means "Less than or equal to".


\geq means "Greater than or equal to".

By definition, the sum is the result of addition, then "The sum of -1.5 times a number w and 4" can be expressed as:


-1.5w+4

"Twelve is no more than..." indicates that the symbol of the inequality must be
\leq.

Therefore, you ca can write the following inequality:


12\leq-1.5w+4

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