3x4=12 gives him 12 baseballs. he has 5 fewer tennis balls than base balls so you subtract 5 from 12 and you get 7 tennis balls.
Answer:
x = 3.5 is not a solution
Step-by-step explanation:
3x +2 < 12
Subtract 2 from each side
3x +2-2 < 12-2
3x< 10
Divide each side by 3
3x/3 <10/3
x < 10/3
x <3.3333333
Any number greater than 3.3333 is not a solutions
3.5 is not a solution