document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=16270>Question 16270</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2+3x < 3(x-1) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2+3x < 3x-3 Distribute the 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2      -2  Subtract a 2 from both sides (trying to get x by itself)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x < 3x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x  -3x    Subtract a 3x from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0<-5   This is a false statement so there is no number that will work for this inequality.  If it had been a true statement (such as 0>-5) then any real number would have worked for x. </SPAN>\n" );
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