document.write( "Question 95133: I am very sorry this is not from a text book. I am working on compound inequalities: 3y+5>_2y+1>y-1
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\n" ); document.write( "I subtracted the 1 in the middle from both sides and got
\n" ); document.write( " 3y+4>_2y>y-2
\n" ); document.write( "Then I subtracted the y on the right side from both sides and got
\n" ); document.write( " 2y+4>_y>-2
\n" ); document.write( "And now I am stuck, it is my understanding that the variable must be isolated in between the inequality signs, but I don't know how to do that from here. Please help me. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #69311 by stanbon(75887) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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3y+5>_2y+1>y-1
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\n" ); document.write( "With that problem you would have to break the problem
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\n" ); document.write( "1st: 3y+5>=2y+1
\n" ); document.write( "y>=-4
\n" ); document.write( "2nd: 2y+1>y-1
\n" ); document.write( "y>-2
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\n" ); document.write( "In order to meet both conditions y must be > -2
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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