SOLUTION: If the equation is being divided by a number after being solved, what do i need to do to isolate the variable? Example: (w+3)/2>6-3 How would I get isolate the variable?

Question 166640: If the equation is being divided by a number after being solved, what do i need to do to isolate the variable?
Example: (w+3)/2>6-3
How would I get isolate the variable?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given inequality.

Combine like terms.

Multiply both sides by 2.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the right side.

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Answer:

So the answer is

So the answer in interval notation is

Also, the answer in set-builder notation is

Here's the graph of the solution set

Note: there is an open circle (which excludes the endpoint) at w=3
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