How do you write: the sum of number and three no more than eight or is more than twelve of?

1 Answer
Oct 25, 2016

#n <= 5color(white)("XX")orcolor(white)("XX")n>9#
#color(white)("XXX")#or
#n cancel(in) (5,9]#

Explanation:

Let the number be represented by #n#

sum of number and three:
#color(white)("XXX")n+3

(sum of number and three) no more than eight:
#color(white)("XXX")n+3 <= 8#

Here is where things get a bit unclear:
- is it the "number plus three" that is more than twelve?
or just "the number" that is no more than twelve.
- what is the significance of "of" in "twelve of"?
I will interpret this as:
#color(white)("XXX")n+3 > 12#

So we have as a combination:
(sum of number and three no more than eight)
or
(sum of number and three more than twelve)
#color(white)("XXX")n+3 <=8color(white)("XX")orcolor(white)("XX")n+3 > 12#

This could be simplified to
#color(white)("XXX")n <= 5color(white)("XX")orcolor(white)("XX")n > 9#

Note that this can not be written as a single algebraic inequality
but it could be written using a set of ranges:
#color(white)("XXX")n in {(-oo,5], (9,+oo)}#
or
#color(white)("XXX")n cancel(in) (5,9]#