{"id":17531,"date":"2026-05-02T18:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/linear-inequality-17\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:01:32","slug":"linear-inequality-17","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/linear-inequality-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Linear Inequality 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solve the inequality: 5x + 10 &lt; 20.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>x &gt; 2<\/li>\n<li>Alternative 4<\/li>\n<li>x &lt; 2<\/li>\n<li>x &lt; -2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2714],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-17531","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-inequalities","subject-mathematics","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"Start by isolating the x-term. From 5x + 10 &lt; 20, move the constant term to the other side to get 5x &lt; 10. Now divide both sides by 5. Because this number is positive, the inequality sign stays the same. So the solution becomes x &lt; 2. Therefore, the correct answer is x &lt; 2.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"x &gt; 2"},{"right":"no","answer":"Alternative 4"},{"right":"yes","answer":"x &lt; 2"},{"right":"no","answer":"x &lt; -2"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2714,"title":"Inequalities","slug":"inequalities"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/17531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=17531"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=17531"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=17531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}