Answer:
The number is less than 1.
[tex]x<1[/tex]Explanation:
Let x represent the number.
When the number is decresed by 7, it becomes;
[tex]x-7[/tex]From the question, When the number is decresed by 7 it is less than -6.
So;
[tex]x-7<-6[/tex]Solving the inequality by adding 7 to both sides of the equation. we have;
[tex]\begin{gathered} x-7+7<-6+7 \\ x<1 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the number is less than 1.
[tex]x<1[/tex]