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Example: Translating and Solving 'Nineteen less than is no less than 47'
To translate and solve the problem 'Nineteen less than is no less than ', follow these sequential mathematical steps:
- Translate: Deconstruct the sentence into mathematical symbols. The phrase 'nineteen less than ' means that is subtracted from , yielding the expression . The phrase 'is no less than' indicates that the first quantity must be greater than or equal to the second, which is represented by the symbol. Combining these elements provides the inequality .
- Solve: Isolate by applying the Addition Property of Inequality. Add to both sides of the inequality: , which simplifies to .
- Graph the Solution: On a number line, indicate that is included in the solution set by placing a left bracket at , and shade the numerical region to the right to encapsulate all numbers greater than .
- Interval Notation: The solution set encompasses all real numbers from up to infinity, formatted in interval notation as .
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