SOLUTION: solve the inequality 8-(1-3x)>2(1+6x)

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Question 678425: solve the inequality 8-(1-3x)>2(1+6x)
Answer by Adrianne15(25)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First you should get rid of all of the brackets, to simplify the inequality.
(I used distributive property. Remember to watch how signs change when you have negative numbers, etc, in brackets.)
(Combine like terms)
(move variable to one side, numbers to the other.)
(combine like terms)
(Find x)
And that's how you do it.
Now you can test that by finding any number less than to test out and plug back into the equation. Let's do .


Substituting x:

Is ? Yes.
Since this is correct, you know your answer is correct.

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