Question

Can someone please help me with this I have no idea how to do this Solve: 3(x + 4) x - 2

Answer 1

distribute the 3, then combine like terms

Answer 2

what do you mean?

Answer 3

does the question look like this:

3(x+4)(x-2) ?

Answer 4

or like:
3(x+4) + x -2 ?

Answer 5

it says 3(x+4)(ge) x-2

Answer 6

(ge) ???

Answer 7

3(x+4)\[(\ge) \] x-2

Answer 8

it wont let me type it all together

Answer 9

3(x+4) >= x -2

3x + 12 >= x -2

That's what I mean by distribute. Can you solve from here?

Answer 10

do i add 2 to both sides?

Answer 11

you can. i like to get the variables on one side and the constants on the other. that way we can solve for x by itself.

Answer 12

okay once i get 14 what do i do from there?

Answer 13

I would have solved it like this:

3x + 12 >= x -2
subtract x from both sides
2x + 12 >= -2
subtract 12 from both sides
2x >= -14
divide both sides by 2
x >= -7

Answer 14

so did i do it backwards?

Answer 15

it doesnt matter which way you do it, as long as you get x >= -7. that can also be written as -7 <= x

Answer 16

oh okay im not understanding what did you do to the 3? but thank you soooo much!

Answer 17

3x + 12 >= x - 2 Here I subtracted x from both sides

If you do that you end up with:

2x + 12 >= -2

3x - x = 2x

Answer 18

do you see?

Answer 19

so what do you do with the -2?

Answer 20

i left it where it was, but i subtracted -12 from both sides so i got:
2x >= -14

-12 - 2 = -14

Answer 21

ohhh okay i think i get it! thanks so much

Answer 22

cool, anytime!