SOLUTION: Solve for x: Remember to remove parentheses by multiplying each term inside by the coefficient to the left of parentheses. -4x + 3 < 15

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Question 454977: Solve for x: Remember to remove parentheses by multiplying each term inside by the coefficient to the left of parentheses. -4x + 3 < 15
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-4x + 3 < 15
-4x < 18 {added 3 to both sides}
x > -18/4 {divided both sides by -4 and changed the inequality sign}
x > -9/2 {reduced}

- Whenever you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality
by a negative number, you have to change the inequality sign
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