Question

Write an inequality for the word problem and answer the question about the inequality. Twice a number added to 6 is less than 23is 10 a possible solution.

Answer 1

Twice a number added to 6 is less than 23

`2x+6<23`

is 10 a possible solution. ?

In order to answer this question, we must solve for x

`\begin{gathered} 2x+6<23 \\ 2x+6-6<23-6 \\ 2x<17 \\ (2x)/(2)<(17)/(2) \\ x<(17)/(2) \\ x<8.5 \end{gathered}`

the solution is all numbers less than 8.5, therefore 10 is not a possible solution.