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6x+3<7-2x
I’m not sure if I’m doing it right so an explanation would be nice

User Vadivel
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Answer:

x<0.5

Explanation:

this is just like simplifiying equations if you've done that before

first you want to isolate the variable, so you want to combine the values of x (in this case it's 6x and the -2x)

so you can either add 2x to both sides or you can subtract 6x on both sides, in this case ill just add 2x to both sides.

Then you subtract 3 from both sides to get 8x<4

after you get that, you want to divide both sides by 8, and you generally want to do that step last, it makes it easier, and you get x<1/2 or 0.5

just a reminder that with working with inequalities, you want to remember to flip the direction the inequality is whenever you divide by a negative number

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