Question

–(2 + 2x) – 2 > 6

Answer 1

Distribute the negative first. combine like terms. get numerals on one side variables on the other.

Answer 2

\[–(2 + 2x) – 2 > 6\] first distribute to get
\[-2-2x-2>6\]

Answer 3

okay that's what i got^

Answer 4

then combine like terms, i.e. write
\[-2x-4>6\]

Answer 5

I got 2x>6

Answer 6

oh no that is a mistake, lets go slow

Answer 7

forget about the inequality for the moment
your first job is to take \(–(2 + 2x) – 2 \) and remove the parentheses using the distributive law, then combine like terms

Answer 8

\[-(2+2x)-2=-2-2x-2\] is a first step
then since \(-2-2=-4\) you get
\[-2x-4\]

Answer 9

now the inequality reads
\[-2x-4>6\]

Answer 10

solve this in two steps : add \(4\) to both sides giving \(-2x>10\)
then divide by \(-2\) and change the sense of the inequaltiy to finish with
\[x<-5\]