What operation should be performed first to solve -3x+5<23

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Moving 5 on the right side of the inequality.

$-3x+5\ \textless \ 23\\ -3x\ \textless \ 23-5\\ -3x\ \textless \ 18\\ x\ \textgreater \ -6$

Metamal answered Mar 28, 2017

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Subtraction. Subtract 5 from both sides to get -3x<23-5
-3x<18. Hope this helps.

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