Major Math Help

[booster11373]

anyone want to help me pass a class?

if so please help me solve these problems and please show the steps used to solve them

a thousand thanks


solve -5x - 2 less then or equal to -14 + 2x


or


solve x - 2/3 > 5/6

[Snoogans]

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[mdr55]

1. solve -5x - 2 less then or equal to -14 + 2x= WTF?





2. solve x - 2/3 > 5/6= Infinity

[Marc with a c]

pm sailor

[mikeyboy]

a
solve x - 2/3 > 5/6

It's been a long time since I've been in a math class, but I'll give this a shot

2/3 = 4/6, so

x - 4/6 > 5/6

subtract 4/6 from each side, therefore

x > 1/6

[SatCam]

x <= 12/7

keep on rollin

[mikeyboy]

solve -5x - 2 less then or equal to -14 + 2x


I'll try this as well

add 2 to each side to get rid of the 2 on the left, therefore

-5X less than or equal to -12 + 2x

subtract 2X from each side to get rid of the 2X on the right

-7x less than or equal to -12

knock out the negatives on each side because you can

7x less than or equal to 12

divide both sides by 7

x less or equal to 7/12

[sailor]

I'll try this as well

add 2 to each side to get rid of the 2 on the left, therefore

-5X less than or equal to -12 + 2x

subtract 2X from each side to get rid of the 2X on the right

-7x less than or equal to -12

knock out the negatives on each side because you can

7x less than or equal to 12

divide both sides by 7

x less or equal to 7/12

no time to look at this, but dividing by a negative (ie, knocking out negatives) would flip the inequality. for example, -7 < -5, but 7 > 5. ok, i lied and looked at it, everything else seems good, just reverse the inequality.

[mikeyboy]

no time to look at this, but dividing by a negative (ie, knocking out negatives) would flip the inequality. for example, -7 < -5, but 7 > 5. ok, i lied and looked at it, everything else seems good, just reverse the inequality.

Good point. I forgot about that. I was thinking in terms of both sides of the equation being separated by an "equals" sign.