Question

Solve -2x + 1 less than or greater to -7 and describe the graph of the solution.

Answer 1

I am having trouble please explain step by step

Answer 2

@tester97

Answer 3

HAve you went to purplemath.com before?

Answer 4

no yet khan academy

Answer 5

I usually don't go to sites like this unless I have to

Answer 6

\[-2x+1\le-7\] Is this how it looks?^^^

Answer 7

Inqualities have been hard for me

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

ok so subract 1 from both sides what do you get|?

Answer 10

1?

Answer 11

Please show me step by step then I should understand it

Answer 12

yes subtract 1 from both sides because you are trying to find x right?

Answer 13

Yes

Answer 14

so what do you get when you subtract 1 from both sidez?

Answer 15

-1?

Answer 16

@hero

Answer 17

no it would look like \[-2x \le-8\]

Answer 18

then u divide by neg 2 so that means u have to flip the sign and it would look like this \[x \ge 4\]

Answer 19

how did you arrive to negative 2? where is it in the equation? I am still not getting this? Please help