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Need help with number 3 inequalities with variables on both sides

Need help with number 3 inequalities with variables on both sides-example-1
User Boocko
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Answer:
x \leq 2

Step-by-step explanation: Given
2x - 3 \leq (x)/(2), we multiply 2 by both sides to cancel out the 2 in the denominator (multiplying by a number in a fraction turns it into 1, and since the denominator is one, it is the same as saying the number [or variable] on the numerator by itself.)

We then get
4x - 6 \leq x.

Adding 6 to both sides, we get
4x \leq x + 6.

Subtracting x from both sides, we get
3x \leq 6

Dividing by 3 from both sides, we get
x \leq 2

Hope this helped!

User Ethaan
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Answer:

x ≤ 2

Explanation:

We are given the inequality:


\displaystyle{2x-3 \leq (x)/(2)}

First, get rid of the denominator by multiplying both sides by 2:


\displaystyle{2x\cdot 2-3\cdot 2 \leq (x)/(2)\cdot 2}\\\\\displaystyle{4x-6 \leq x}

Add both sides by 6 then subtract both sides by x:


\displaystyle{4x-6+6 \leq x+6}\\\\\displaystyle{4x \leq x+6}\\\\\displaystyle{4x-x \leq x+6-x}\\\\\displaystyle{4x-x \leq 6}\\\\\displaystyle{3x \leq 6}

Then divide both sides by 3:


\displaystyle{(3x)/(3) \leq (6)/(3)}\\\\\displaystyle{x \leq 2}

Therefore, the answer is x ≤ 2

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