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What is 5x+19>2x-5 simplified?

 Sep 23, 2014

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Just treat the > sign like a = sign, and simplify like you usually would.

 

5x+19>2x-5                   ---Subtract 2x from both sides

-2x      -2x

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3x+19>-5                     ---Subtract 19 from btoh sides

     -19 -19

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3x >-24                        ---Divide both sides by 3

3÷3x>-24÷3

x>-24÷3

x > -8

 

So any number bigger than -8 would satisfy this expression

 Sep 23, 2014
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24x>3x simple

 Sep 23, 2014
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Just treat the > sign like a = sign, and simplify like you usually would.

 

5x+19>2x-5                   ---Subtract 2x from both sides

-2x      -2x

---------------------

3x+19>-5                     ---Subtract 19 from btoh sides

     -19 -19

------------------

3x >-24                        ---Divide both sides by 3

3÷3x>-24÷3

x>-24÷3

x > -8

 

So any number bigger than -8 would satisfy this expression

NinjaDevo Sep 23, 2014

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