Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Appendix C - Simple Inequalities - Exercise - Page 582: 31

Answer

$ x\geq 20$

Work Step by Step

By adding $12$ to both sides of the inequality $x-12\geq 8$, we have $$ x-12\geq 8 \Longrightarrow x\geq 20 .$$ See the figure below.
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