Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Appendix C - Simple Inequalities - Exercise - Page 583: 37

Answer

$ x\lt 8$

Work Step by Step

By subtracting 5 from both both sides of the inequality $3x+5\lt 29$ and then dividing by 3, we have $$ 3x+5\lt 29 \Longrightarrow 3x\lt 24 \Longrightarrow x\lt 8 .$$ See the figure below.
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