document.write( "Question 224267: I am trying to help my son with his prealgebra but it has been along time for me. Here is the inequality. -(x/5)<_0
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document.write( "It reads as x divided by 5, negative, is less than or equal to 0.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #167516 by rfer(16322)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! -x/5<=0 \n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides by 5 \n" ); document.write( "since 5*0=0 \n" ); document.write( "-x<=0 \n" ); document.write( "to clear the - from x \n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides by -1 \n" ); document.write( "when multiplying in inequality by a - the <= gets reversed \n" ); document.write( "x>=0 \n" ); document.write( " |