Answer:
The number is less than 3.5
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us break up and convert each individual phrase into its equivalent in an equation.
"Three time" is [tex]3*[/tex]
"The difference of a number and three" is (3-x)
"Is greater than" is >
"The number decreased by five" is (x-5)
We can now put all of these parts together to get our equation
[tex]3*(3-x)>(x-5)[/tex]
Now, we can simplify this and solve for x
[tex]3*(3-x)>(x-5)\\\\9-3x>x-5\\\\14>4x\\\\\frac{14}{4} >x\\\\\\frac{7}{2}>x\\\\x<\frac{7}{2}\\\\x<3.5[/tex]
