SOLUTION: What would you do to solve the following inequality? x/-2 < -5 Multiply both sides by -2 Divide both sides by -2 Multiply both sides by -2 and flip the inequality

Question 1085238: What would you do to solve the following inequality?
x/-2 < -5

Multiply both sides by -2

Divide both sides by -2

Multiply both sides by -2 and flip the inequality

Divide both sides by -2 and flip the inequality
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
multiply both sides of the equation by -2 to get x > -5 * -2

simplify to get x > 10

notice that when you multiply both sides of an inequality by a negative number, it reverses the inequality.

for example, you know 4 > 3

when you multiply both sides of this inequality by -1, you get -4 < -3.

if you did not reverse the inequality, you would have gotten -4 > -3 which si not true.

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