document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1046903>Question 1046903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this inequality:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.3+2(x+5) > x+5(x+1)+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I did so far..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.3+2x+10 > x+5x+5+1 (distributed)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12.3+2x > 6x+6 (combined like terms)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       -2x    -2x (subtracted 2x from both sides)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       12.3 > 4x+6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "       -6           -6 (subtracted 6 from both sides)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        6.3 > 4x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what now? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #662342 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39625)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=662342\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Just to be absolutely clear, WHAT is the inequality with which you begin?  Is the first term,  \"3\", or is it \"2.3\"?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now clarified:  2.3+2(x+5)>x+5(x+1)+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Similar to handling an equation, isolate the variable and do any simplifications.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's turn this around, but watch the order relation symbol carefully:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Subtract\"  2x from both sides.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by the POSITIVE 4.<BR>\n" );
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