document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1085238>Question 1085238</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What would you do to solve the following inequality?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/-2 < -5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by -2 and flip the inequality<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by -2 and flip the inequality </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #699308 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=699308\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> multiply both sides of the equation by -2 to get x > -5 * -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get x > 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "notice that when you multiply both sides of an inequality by a negative number, it reverses the inequality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for example, you know 4 > 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you multiply both sides of this inequality by -1, you get -4 < -3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you did not reverse the inequality, you would have gotten -4 > -3 which si not true.\r<BR>\n" );
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