The number is our unknown to be called y. Twice a number is expressed as 2y. The word difference means subtraction, so our inequality thus far is 2y - 2. At least is means that it's ok to be exactly -26 and it's ok to be more than -26 but it's not ok to be less that that. So our inequality sign is greater than or equal to. The whole thing together is [tex]2y-2 \geq -26[/tex]
