document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=9417>Question 9417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi - I am a sophmore and I am going to take Algebra2. We have to do a summer math packet and I really can't remember how to do inequalities. Please, please help me with the following problem, so I can remember how to solve the other ones:  3x-2<=-5 or x-1>=0.\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 #5142 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=DWL><B>DWL(56)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=DWL><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=5142\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solving linear inequalities is very similar to solving linear equations, except for one detail: you flip the inequality sign whenever you multiply or divide the inequality by a negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Neither of these examples required us to flip the inequality sign.  Remeber, you flip the inequality sign whenever you multiply or divide the inequality by a negative. </SPAN>\n" );
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