SOLUTION: Given: 5x+4<14 Prove: x<2

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Question 118451This question is from textbook Texas Geometry
: Given: 5x+4<14
Prove: x<2
This question is from textbook Texas Geometry

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given inequality



Subtract 4 from both sides


Combine like terms on the right side


Divide both sides by 5 to isolate x



Divide

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