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document.write( "Add -2 to all three sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4 < -3y + 2 < 11\r\n" );
document.write( "-2       - 2   -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "-6 < -3y     <  9\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "-6 < -3y < 9  \r\n" );
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document.write( "We divide all three sides by -3 remembering to\r\n" );
document.write( "reverse the inequality because we have divided\r\n" );
document.write( "by a negative number:\r\n" );
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document.write( " >  > \r\n" );
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document.write( "    2 > y > -3\r\n" );
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document.write( "which can be left that way or written smallest to largest\r\n" );
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document.write( "  -3 < y < 2, which is often abbreviated as (-3,2), known\r\n" );
document.write( "as \"interval notation\".\r\n" );
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