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The sum of a number and 3 is less than or equal to 8

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Answer:

m ≤ 5

Explanation:

I will begin by assuming m to be the number.

Then, the sum of m and 3 is: m + 3.

The symbol for "less than or equal to" is ≤.

So we form an inequality, like this :

m + 3 ≤ 8

To find m subtract 3 on each side:

m ≤ 5

Therefore, m ≤ 5.

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