SOLUTION: hey, ok....so if i have 4x-8<8x+24 would i do this? +8 +8 __________

SOLUTION: hey, ok....so if i have 4x-8<8x+24 would i do this? +8 +8 ___________ 4x< 8x+32 -8x -8x

Question 71466: hey,

ok....so if i have 4x-8<8x+24
would i do this? +8 +8
___________
4x< 8x+32
-8x -8x
______________
-4x<32
_______
-4 -4
=
x < -8
witch is this is the answer
x>-8
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, you did everything correctly except the very last step.
This is correct and your next step was correct...divide both sides by -4 but remember...with an inequality, whenever you multiply or divide by a negative quantity, you must reverse the order of the sign, so...
comes to
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