Question

Solve x-5/3x<3 ?

Answer 1

-2/3x ?

Answer 2

Good.

Answer 3

Oh, right. Is your equation: \[x-\frac{5}{3}x > 3\]Or \[\frac{x-5}{3x}>3\]

Answer 4

The second one is my equation
I just am not sure how to make the fractions sorry

Answer 5

Alright, and sorry, i meant to write less than.

Answer 6

So \[\frac{x-5}{3x}<3\]

Answer 7

Mutiply the right side of your equation by \(3x\) to get rid of the fraction.

Answer 8

so then x-5<9x ?

Answer 9

Yes. Now we want to gather all the x's on one side, so subtract \(-x\) from both sides

Answer 10

-5<9 ?

Answer 11

Not quite, what is 9x-x?

Answer 12

ohhh, 8x

Answer 13

good :) So we're left with \(-5 < 8x\)

Answer 14

Now to solve for x, we divide both sides of our equation by 8. what does that leave us with?