Please help! Solve the inequality algebraically -2x > -8 The answer I got was x > 4 Where did I go wrong?

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Please help! Solve the inequality algebraically -2x > -8

The answer I got was x > 4
Where did I go wrong?

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$-2x>-8\qquad\text{change the signs}\\\\2x<8\qquad\text{divide both sides by 2}\\\\\boxed{x>4}$

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