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the difference of twice a number and 5 is less than or equal to 24 translate the sentence into an inequality ​

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Answer:


2x-5\leq 24

Explanation:

You figure this out you need to look for keywords. The difference means subtracting and less than or equal to creates
\leq. So twice a number, we will call x can be represented by
2x. The word difference can be represented by
- and less than or equal to 24 can be represented by
\leq 24. Combine all these hints into an equation and you get
2x-5\leq 24

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