SOLUTION: I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?

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Question 237367: I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?

There are two ways to do that.  Here is the first way:



Add 14 to both sides:





Add h to both sides:





That's the first way.

Now here is the second way. It's shorter but
it requires learning a rule. So learn this rule
so you can use the shorter method.

Rule: If you multiply or divide both sides of an
inequality by a negative number, you must
reverse the direction of the inequality. 



Now divide both sides by  and reverse
the direction of the inequality:



.

----------------

Notice that what we got using the first method



is exactly the same as what we got using the
second method

.

Edwin

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