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Olivia is thinking of a number, n and she wants her sister to guess the number. Her first clue is that five less that times

her number is between negative three and seven (inclusive). Write a compound inequality that shows the range of numbers
that Olivia might be thinking of.

User Karan Shaw
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Answer:
-3\leq x \leq 7

Explanation:

Assuming that "-3" and "7" are included in this range, using the inequality symbols for this allows us to write the equation above.

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