Our inequality looks like this: 2(x+6)≤52 Using the Distributive Property, we have 2*x + 2*6 ≤52 2x+12≤52 Cancel the 12 by subtracting from both sides: 2x+12-12≤52-12 2x≤40 Divide both sides by 2: 2x/2 ≤ 40/2 x≤20 x cannot be any more than 20 to satisfy this inequality.
