If c is the bill that Lottie pays for cable, the given situation can be represented by the following inequality:
25 < 3 + 5c
in the previous inequality, you have that 25 is less (<) than 3 more (3 + ) than 5 times (5x) what Lottie pays for cable.
The previous inequality can be also written as follow:
3 + 5c > 25
