document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=317711>Question 317711</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Okay, let's say that we start with 3x - 6 > 12. We simplify it to the solution set: {x| x > 6}. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's my question, is 8 a solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If yes, why? Shouldn't 6 be the solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If no, why?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #227527 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=227527\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Unlike the solutions to equations, where you have only one solution for a linear equation, the solutions to inequalities involve a range of values rather than just one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-6+%3E+12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-6+%3E+12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x+%3E+18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x+%3E+18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+%3E+6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+%3E+6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > This solution indicates that all values that are greater than 6 will satisfy this inequality.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Notice that 6 cannot be a solution because 6 is not greater than 6, is it? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "To check the solution set, simply substitute any value for x and see if the inequality holds true. If it does, then that value belongs in the solution set, and if it doesn't, then it does not. </SPAN>\n" );
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