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2.6 Exercise 75

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve.

Gregory is thinking of a number and he wants his sister Lauren to guess the number. His first clue is that six less than twice his number is between four and forty-two. Write a compound inequality that shows the range of numbers that Gregory might be thinking of.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 2.6 Solve Compound Inequalities, exercise 75

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