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I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?
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document.write( "There are two ways to do that.  Here is the first way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-h%3C=-14\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add 14 to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-h%2B14%3C=-14%2B14\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-h%2B14%3C=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add h to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-h%2B14%2Bh%3C=0%2Bh\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"14%3C=h\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the first way.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now here is the second way. It's shorter but\r\n" );
document.write( "it requires learning a rule. So learn this rule\r\n" );
document.write( "so you can use the shorter method.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rule: If you multiply or divide both sides of an\r\n" );
document.write( "inequality by a negative number, you must\r\n" );
document.write( "reverse the direction of the inequality. \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-h%3C=-14\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now divide both sides by \"-1\" and reverse\r\n" );
document.write( "the direction of the inequality:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28-h%29%2F%28-1%29+%3E=+%28-14%29%2F%28-1%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"h%3E=14\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that what we got using the first method\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"14%3C=h\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "is exactly the same as what we got using the\r\n" );
document.write( "second method\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"h%3E=14\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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