SOLUTION: is x=2 a solution to the inequality 7+3x < 7x-2?

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Question 147728: is x=2 a solution to the inequality 7+3x < 7x-2?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let's see if is a solution for the inequality .


Start with the given inequality.


Plug in .


Evaluate and simplify the left side.


Evaluate and simplify the right side.


Since the inequality is not true, this means that is not a solution.

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