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Translate the sentence into an inequality.

Nine times the sum of a number and 22 is at most −15


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User Andrey Smelik
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Answer:

9(n + 22) ≤ -15

Explanation:

9 times the sum of a number and 22 is at most −15

Let n = number

Times = multiplication

Sum = Addition

9 * n + 22

We must add parenthesis on the end on 22 and before n

We must do this because it says 9 times the sum of a number and 22 which means that 9 is being multiplied by both n and 22

We would have 9(n + 22)

9(n + 22) is at most -15

At most meaning that -15 is the highest number that 9(n + 22) can equal

Because it says at most 9(n + 22) can equal -15 or anything less than -15

So at most can be replaced with ≤

9(n + 22) ≤ -15

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