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-9x + 5 < 17 AND 13x + 25 < -1

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- 9x + 5 < 17 \\collect \: like \: terms \: - 9x < 17 - 5 \\ - 9x < 12 \\ divide \: both \: side \: by \: - 9 \: \\ x > (4)/(3) \: \: \: \: remember \: when \: you \: divide \: both \: sides \: by \: a \: negative \: number \: the \: sign \: will \: change \\ 2)13x + 25 < - 1 \\ 13x < - 1 - 25 \\ 13x < - 26 \\ x < - 2 \\ the \: sign \: did \: not \: change \: because \: we \: did \: not \: divide \: both \: side \: by \: a \: negative \: number \:

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