The inequality is .

According to addition property of inequality: Add 26 to each side.

                     (Apply additive inverse property:  )

                            (Add:  )

                                  (Apply additive identity property:  )

Graph the solution set on a number line.

Note: A circle means that this point is not included in the solution set.

Check:

To check, substitute a number less than 30 in .

                          (Substitute   )

                                     (Sustrac:  )

The inequality is true.

The inequality solution is .