Note we can get two inequalities out of this:AND So we write: AND Add -3x to both sides of the first inequality. Multiply the second inequality through by 2 to clear of fractions: AND Divide the first inequality through by which reverses the sign of inequality: Add to both sides of the second AND Simplify the first and divide the second through by 6 (which BTW does not reverse the sign of inequality): AND It's easier to see if we change the improper fractions to mixed fractions AND As you can see this is a contradiction because the same value of x cannot be to the right of AND also to the left of . Thus the solution set is the empty, or null, set, Ø Edwin