document.write( "Question 1205146: how do you solve -3p+7≥-2 without multiplying or dividing both sides by a negative number? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #841792 by greenestamps(13200)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "If the coefficient of the variable in a linear inequality is negative, move that term to the other side of the inequality to make it positive. Then when you divide, you are dividing by a positive number.

\n" ); document.write( "In your example,

\n" ); document.write( "\"-3p%2B7%3E=-2\" --> \"7%3E=3p-2\"

\n" ); document.write( "Then from there...

\n" ); document.write( "\"9%3E=3p\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3%3E=p\"

\n" ); document.write( "or

\n" ); document.write( "\"p%3C=3\"

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