Let's isolate on one side of the equation. Ignore the inequality for now. We'll deal with that later.
Now, I'm going to bring back the inequality or < symbol. I only removed it when simplifying and isolating , but if this confuses you, just do your math and keep the inequality there.
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On a number line, this would include every number <em>less than </em>, due to the < (less than) symbol. This disqualifies answers b and d because they are showing every number <em>greater than </em>. But, how do we decide between answers a and c?
If a line has point at its beginning, , then that means that every number <em>less than or equal to</em> [ ≤ ] 6 is being shown, but our equation just says <em>less than </em>[ < ] 6, so answer a is our correct answer.
It's an 11% increase. To find this, you have to subtract 85 from 94.35 and then you divide that difference by the original amount. In this case it's 85. After that, you get .11. Then you just turn it into a percent.