document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971537>Question 971537</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the answer to -3b-2>1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "    <TD >1.</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >-3b-2 > 1</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >Start with the given inequality</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "    <TD >2.</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >-3b-2<font color=\"blue\">+2</font> > 1<font color=\"blue\">+2</font></TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >Add 2 to both sides</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "    <TD >3.</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >-3b+0 > 3</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >Combine like terms (notice how the -2 and +2 add to 0)</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "    <TD >4.</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >-3b > 3</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >That zero goes away (since x+0 = 0+x = x)</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "    <TD >5.</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >-3b<font color=\"blue\">/(-3)</font> < 3<font color=\"blue\">/(-3)</font></TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >Now divide both sides by -3 to isolate b. See <font color=\"green\">Note</font> below</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "    <TD >6.</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >b < -1</TD>\r\n" );
document.write( "    <TD >Divide</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "<font color=\"green\">Note:</font> when you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a negative number, the inequality sign will flip.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the final answer is <font color=\"red\">b < -1</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In interval notation, the answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (-\infty, -1)\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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