Question

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

Translate the sentence into an inequality.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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