Two approaches: Approach 1:Add 4t to both sides and subtract 48 from both sides: Divide both sides by 4 --------------------------------- Approach 2: Divide both sides by -4, remembering the rule that when dividing both sides by a negative number, we must change the direction of the inequality. --------------------------------- The answers are equivalent. You learn from approach 1 that it is always possible to avoid having to switch the order of the inequality. Edwin