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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve this inequality. -3x - 2 > 7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

just isolate x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

don't care about the sign, if you are diving by a negative then you flip the sign around.

OpenStudy (texaschic101):

1. add 2 to both sides 2. divide both sides by -3 and change inequality sign because when dividing/multiplying by a negative, changes the sign

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so just get x along by adding 2 to 7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ha, what she said.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-3x - 2 > 7 +2 +2 To cancel ________________________ -3x>7 -3x/-3 7/-3 Because you need to get x alone, so you divide by the coefficient x< -2.3 You flip the sign because you divided by a negative number.

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