Question

-7y - 17 > 11

Part 1: Solve the inequality above.
Part 2: Describe the graph of the solution.

Answer 1

solve for y in

-7y - 17 > 11

AND

-7y - 17 < -11

does that help?

Answer 2

@lgbasallote there isn't an absolute value in this problem

Answer 3

sorry..i have been solving far too many absolute values

Answer 4

:)

Answer 5

-7y - 17 > 11

first add 7y to both sides. what do you get?

Answer 6

I got -17 >18.
is that right?

Answer 7

-17 is greater than 18? does that sound right?

Answer 8

rememebr... you CANT combine 11 and 7y

Answer 9

so i would add 7y to -17?

Answer 10

no...

Answer 11

you can't combine constants with variables

Answer 12

7y has a letter...neither 11 nor -17 have letters

Answer 13

so it will just look like

-17 > 11 + 7y

got it?

Answer 14

oh yeah now i get it! Sorry, I just started learning all this and it's just so confusing haha

Answer 15

it's okay. it's a common tale

Answer 16

now subtract 11 from both sides

Answer 17

I subtract it from 7y? ....

Answer 18

no

Answer 19

again...you CAN'T combine 11 and 7y

Answer 20

you can only subtract 11 from 11 so what's 11 - 11?

Answer 21

0

Answer 22

and -17 - 11?

Answer 23

-28

Answer 24

so what would the inequality look like?

Answer 25

-28>7y ?

Answer 26

yes

Answer 27

now divide both sides by 7

Answer 28

-4>y

Answer 29

right. so there's your answer

Answer 30

And when they say describe the graph, they just mean tell them where it would be on the number line right?

Answer 31

right

Answer 32

Okay, thank you very much :)

Answer 33

welcome