SOLUTION: 9/5c -32>-31 Please give me step by step, I just can't get this into my thick head! Thank you

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Question 219502: 9/5c -32>-31
Please give me step by step, I just can't get this into my thick head! Thank you

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Alan3354:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given inequality.


Multiply EVERY term by the LCD to clear any fractions.


Multiply and simplify.


Add to both sides.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


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Answer:

So the solution is which approximates to

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9/5c -32>-31
I'll assume that (9/5)c, not 9/(5c).
Add 32 to both sides
(9/5)c > 1
Multiply by 5
9c>5
Divide by 9
c>(5/9)
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Same as an equation, unless negative numbers are multiplied.