document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=780177>Question 780177</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help me solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+ 8 -2 (a - 12) > 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + 8 - 2a + 24 > 0 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-a + 32 > 0 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-a > -32 {subtracted 32 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a < 32 {divided each side by -1 and changed the inequality sign}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- Whenever you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number, you have to change or flip the inequality sign<BR>\n" );
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