SOLUTION: Solve using addition and multiplication principals. 3/4(3x -1/2) -2/3 < 1/3 I have tried to solve by multipling the 3/4 by both sets of numbers in the parentheses and then I add

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Question 399057: Solve using addition and multiplication principals.
3/4(3x -1/2) -2/3 < 1/3
I have tried to solve by multipling the 3/4 by both sets of numbers in the parentheses and then I add the -2/3 and come up with 9/4 and -6/8 and then I don't know where to go from there. I don't think I'm doing this right, can you Please help me solve this problem. Thank you, Terry

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I was with you until you mentioned . I cannot imagine how you got that. Let's start over, shall we?



Add to both sides:



Multiply both sides by :



Add to both sides (2 and 3 denominators, so 6 is the LCD):



Multiply both sides by :



John

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