-4 < -3y + 2 < 11 Add -2 to all three sides: -4 < -3y + 2 < 11 -2 - 2 -2 ----------------- -6 < -3y < 9 Now we have -6 < -3y < 9 We divide all three sides by -3 remembering to reverse the inequality because we have divided by a negative number:> > 2 > y > -3 which can be left that way or written smallest to largest -3 < y < 2, which is often abbreviated as (-3,2), known as "interval notation". Edwin