Question

Solve this problem by writing and solving an inequality. Five more than four times a number is less than 25. What are the possible values of the number? Show your work. (4 points)

two short and simple sentences please

Answer 1

Let the number be represented by \( x \). The inequality can be written as \( 4x + 5 < 25 \).

Solving for \( x \), we subtract 5 from both sides to get \( 4x < 20 \), and then divide by 4 to find \( x < 5 \). Therefore, the possible values of the number are any real numbers less than 5.