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Translate the sentence into an inequality.Twice the difference of a number and 5 is less than 21.Use the variable w for the unknown number.

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Question: Translate the sentence into an inequality.

Twice the difference of a number and 5 is less than 21.

Solution.

The difference between a number and 5 is given by:

w-5

now twice this difference would be:

2(w-5)

and this is less than 21, that is:


2(w-5)<21

then, the correct solution is:


2(w-5)<21

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