3(2 - 4x) + 9(x - 5) - 10(3 - 2x) - 7(x - 3) = 5 6 - 12x + 9x - 45 - 30 + 20x - 7x + 21 = 5 10x - 48 = 5 10x = 53 x =------------------------------------------------------------ 9(X + 3) - 3(X + 4) - 4(-3 - X) < 5 9X + 27 - 3X - 12 + 12 +4X < 5 10X + 27 < 5 10X < -22 X < X < ------------------------------------------------------------ 3(X - 9) - 4(2X + 3) - 3(-3 - X) < 5 3X - 27 - 8X - 12 + 9 + 3X < 5 -2X - 30 < 5 -2X < 35 X > Notice that the < became a > because we divided by a negative number, -2. X > ----------------------------------------------- 7x + (-7) - 3X + 3 -(-9) - 4 + 2(3X - 2) < 6 Do that one by yourself. The answer is x < ----------------------------------------------- | 3(4-5X)-4(3-5X)=10X-(-10X)-2(10X-1)>6 | You mistyped an equal sign in there where the bars "|"'s are: If that = sign should have been a +, the answer is X > If that = sign should have been a -, the answer is X < (The last step is division by a negative so the > becomes a < ) Edwin