PLEASE HELP ME ITS SO URGENT!

Write an inequality for this description. - one fourth of the opposite of the difference of five and a number is less than twenty.

At the beginning of year 1, carlos invests $600 at an annual compound interest rate of 4%. he makes no deposits to or withdrawals from the account. which explicit formula can be used to find the account's balance at the beginning of year 5? what is, the balance?

If 5x - 2 = -12, then x = a) -50 b) -4.4 c) -2.8 d) -2