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Three-fourths of a number decreased by 10 is greater than or equal 5.

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Hey there! I'm happy to help!

Let's call this number n. We have 3/4 of n, so we can write this as 3/4n.

We decrease this by 10. This means we subtract 10.

And this is greater than or equal to 5, giving us this inequality.

3/4n-10≥5.

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