Question

Help Needed now please: Inequality question

) A number is decreased by 1 2/3, and the result is -2.

find the number...
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Answer 1

Unless you missed something in the question, this isn't an inequality question, it's just simple subtraction:

We are given:
\[x - 1\frac{ 2 }{ 3 }=-2\]
so:
\[x= -2+1\frac{ 2 }{ 3 } = -\frac{ 6 }{ 3 } +\frac{ 5 }{ 3 } =-\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }\]

Answer 2

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