It doesn't make sense.
Summing two positive numbers will not get a negative.
Translate the sentence into an equality.
The sum of a number times
5 and 27 is at most −26.
5 answers
5x+27<-26
The sum of a number times 8 and 25 is at most -15
Three times the sum of a number and 18 is at least -19
the sum of a number times 5 and 19 is at most 23.
use the variable y for the unknown number
use the variable y for the unknown number