SOLUTION: Please help me solve this I have worked on it and keep getting it wrong and would really be grateful for any help. Thanks so much 2(4y-8)is greater than or equal to 3(4y+5)

Question 121074: Please help me solve this I have worked on it and keep getting it wrong and would really be grateful for any help. Thanks so much
2(4y-8)is greater than or equal to 3(4y+5)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given inequality

Distribute

Add 16 to both sides

Subtract 12y from both sides

Combine like terms on the left side

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by -4 to isolate y (note: Remember, dividing both sides by a negative number flips the inequality sign)

Reduce

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Answer:
So our answer is (which is approximately in decimal form)

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