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How do you solve -4+3x</= -12 +5x? inequalities

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you were trying to write -4+3x≤12+5x

remember, you can do anything to an equaiton as long as you do it to both sides

-4+3x≤-12+5x
minus 3x both sides
-4≤-12+2x
add 12 to both sides
8≤2x
divide both sides by 2
4≤x
x≥4
x≥7.5
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