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How to write this on a number line1 plus x less than 5

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We are given the following inequality


1+x<5

Let us first solve the inequality for x.

Subtract 1 from both sides of the inequality


\begin{gathered} -1+1+x<5-1 \\ x<4 \end{gathered}

So the solution of the inequality is all the values of x less than 4

Now let us graph this solution on a number line.

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