You do this problem just the same way that you would do it if it were not an inequality. What that means is that you need to get the x term on one side by itself and then simplify it down to where it is just x (instead of 3x).
So, what you do first is to subtract 4 from both sides. Then you get
3x < 24
So then you divide both sides by 3 and you get
x < 8
And that is your answer. Plug in a number to check and see if it's right. We'll choose 7.
4 + 3*7 < 28
4 + 21 < 28
25 < 28
True. So numbers less than 8 make the inequality true.
Now we'll try a number bigger than 8.
4 + (3*9) < 28
4 + 27 < 28
Not true. So numbers bigger than 8 make the statement false.
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