Question

three tenths more than the product of -4 and a number less than 11.98. what could the number be?

Answer 1

Answer:

Any number greater than -2.92 will satisfy the above condition.

One possible number could be -2 as -2 > -2.92.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number be 'x'.

Given:

Three-tenths more than the product of -4 and the unknown number is less than 11.98.

Therefore, framing the above in equation form we get

Producto -4 and 'x' is $-4x$

Three-tenths more than $-4x$ is $-4x+\frac{3}{10}$

Now, the above expression is less than 11.98. So,

$-4x+\frac{3}{10}<11.98$

Solving for 'x', we add -$\frac{3}{10}$ both sides,

$-4x<11.98-\frac{3}{10}\\-4x<11.98-0.3\\-4x<11.68$

Now, dividing both sides by -4 will reverse the inequality sign. Therefore,

$x>\frac{11.68}{-4}\\x>-2.92$

Therefore, any number greater than -2.92 will satisfy the above condition.

So, one possible number could be -2 as -2 > -2.92.