Fifteen less than four times a number is more than 49. What are all the possible values of the number? Write an inequality that could be used to solve this problem. Use the letter x as your variable and write your x term first.

Answer 1

Let's represent the number as "x".

According to the problem, the inequality that represents the given information is:

4x - 15 > 49

To solve for x, we can add 15 to both sides of the inequality:

4x - 15 + 15 > 49 + 15

This simplifies to:

4x > 64

Finally, we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the inequality by 4:

x > 16

The possible values of the number are all values greater than 16.