document.write( "Question 1165206: 16/4 < y+5/2 < 25/4
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document.write( "First of all, never type the 'less than', \" < \" key without a space\r\n" );
document.write( "immediately after it, because \" < \" is the beginning of an HTML tag and will\r\n" );
document.write( "usually delete what comes after it.  So all that showed up on your post was\r\n" );
document.write( "16/4.  I skipped the spaces for you.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply all three sides through by 4 to clear the fractions.  [Since 4 is\r\n" );
document.write( "positive, multiplying through by it won't cause the inequality symbols to\r\n" );
document.write( "reverse as they would if you were to multiply through by a negative number.]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add -10 to all three sides \r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide all three sides through by 4:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Reduce the fraction on the left and cancel the 4's in the middle:\r\n" );
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