document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=724261>Question 724261</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -x + 3 > 7 is x < -4 when simplified. Which means that the value of x has to be less than -4 to be greater than 7. But, when you use -6 it does not work. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6 + 3 > 7 = -3 > 7 which is wrong.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO my question is, do you multiply -1 by the -6 or do you just use -6 for the -x. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You forgot that there is a minus sign in front of the x, so whenever you plug in a number <-4, it becomes a positive number >4 and that works. </SPAN>\n" );
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