document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=233058>Question 233058</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me understand this? Thanks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the inequality<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1/3x < 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2/3a > 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll do one, then you can do the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -\frac{1}{3}x\ <\ 12\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by -3, but remember that whenever you multiply by a negative, you must reverse the sense of the inequality sign, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ >\ -36\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's all there is to it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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