SOLUTION: Are the inequalities x > -8 and –x < 8 equivalent?
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Question 352791: Are the inequalities x > -8 and –x < 8 equivalent?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes they are. If you take the first inequality and you subtract 'x' from both sides, you get . Now add 8 to both sides to get . Finally, flip the inequality to get . So this shows that and are equivalent.
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