4x-6 < 2x < 5x+3 Break into two inequalities, and solve each for x: 4x-6 < 2x AND 2x < 5x+3 MUST BOTH BE TRUE 2x < 6 AND -3x < 3 MUST BOTH BE TRUE x < 3 AND x > -1 MUST BOTH BE TRUE x < 3 AND -1 < x MUST BOTH BE TRUE -1 < x AND x < 3 MUST BOTH BE TRUE THOSE INEQUALITIES CAN NOW BE COMBINED WITH x IN THE MIDDLE AS -1 < x < 3 which represents this interval on the number line: -------o===========o------ -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 In interval notation that's (-1, 3) Edwin