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A number x increased by 5 is less than −16 .

Translate the sentence into an inequality.

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the answer to this problem is
x+5 <-16
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Answer:

A number X is increased by 5, means that you are adding 5 to the number x, which is written as x +5.


Then that needs to be less than -16, so the full equation becomes:

x + 5 < -16


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