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Translate the following sentence into a one-step inequality: 9 subtracted from b is less than or equal to -21

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b-9\leq-21

Here, we want to get an inequality from the given statement

We take it one step at a time;

9 subtracted from b;


b\text{ - 9}

Is less than or equal to -21

We have this as;


b\text{ - 9}\leq\text{ -21}

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