Solve 5x+12.5<23.1 . Write the rational number in your answer in decimal form to the hundredths place. Make sure to write your inequality so that r comes first.

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Solve 5x+12.5<23.1 . Write the rational number in your answer in decimal form to the hundredths place. Make sure to write your inequality so that r comes first.

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
5 months ago

To solve the inequality 5x + 12.5 < 23.1, we first subtract 12.5 from both sides:

5x < 23.1 - 12.5

Simplifying,

5x < 10.6

To isolate x, we divide both sides by 5:

x < 10.6/5

Simplifying further,

x < 2.12

So, the solution in decimal form to the hundredths place is x < 2.12.