Question

Choose the inequality that could be used to solve the following problem.

Three times a number is at most negative six.


3x ≤ -6
3x < -6
3x ≥ -6
3x > -6


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Answer 1

Let our number be x. Three times that number is 3x. If that number is at most -6, than it should be less than or equal to -6.

So \[3x \le -6\]