SOLUTION: I can't solve this one inequality. Can someone please explain it to me and help????????? My teacher works at a high pace and I can never understand anything she does. 9x-99 is m

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Question 10730: I can't solve this one inequality. Can someone please explain it to me and help????????? My teacher works at a high pace and I can never understand anything she does.
9x-99 is more than or equal to 18x. ????????? : (
Thankyou.
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, askmemath:
Answer by Earlsdon(5032) (Show Source):
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Subtract 9x from both sides.
Divide both sides by 9.
or

Answer by askmemath(368) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9x-99 is more than or equal to 18x
Try bringing all the terms containing X to one side and take the remaining terms to the other side
So that will give us
9x-18x is more than or equal to 99
-9x is more than or equal to 99
Dividing by 9 throughout
-x is more than or equal to 11
Multiplying by -ve sign throughout
x is less than or equal to -11