Nine more than half the number n is no more than -8. Find n.

Answer 1

For this problem, we have to translate these words into numbers and symbols.

"Nine more than half the number n" would translate to 9 + (n/2).

"is no more than" indicates that we have an inequality where the quantity is either less than or equal to -8.

Thus, we get: 9 + (n/2) ≤ -8.

Now we, solve for n.

Subtract both sides by 9 to get rid of the 9 from the left hand side to get: (n/2) ≤ -17

Multiply both sides by 2 to get your answer: n ≤ -34