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Choose the number that is a solution of the inequality: a + 9 < 5

A) -2
B) 5
C) 0
D) -5
( i kept getting -4 am i wrong or are the choices wrong?)

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you’re wrong the answer is D because 9 - 5 and -5 + 9 are the same thing and if you subtract 5 from 9 you get 4 and 4<5
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