Hey!
Hope this helps...
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For problems like this, we want to try to solve for x...
3x + 5 > 9.5 [subtract 5 off both sides]
3x (+ 5 - 5) > (9.5 - 5)
3x > 4.5 [divide 3 from both sides]
(3x / 3) > (4.5 / 3)
x > 1.5
The answer is x must be greater than 1.5, for the given statement to be true...
Otherwise...
The answer is x > 1.5...