SOLUTION: Please help me solve this dont quite understand 5b-1>-11

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Question 709103: Please help me solve this dont quite understand 5b-1>-11
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, rfer:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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5b-1%3E-11 Start with the given inequality.


5b%3E-11%2B1 Add 1 to both sides.


5b%3E-10 Combine like terms on the right side.


b%3E%28-10%29%2F%285%29 Divide both sides by 5 to isolate b.


b%3E-2 Reduce.


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Answer:

So the solution is b%3E-2

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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5b > -11+1
5b >-10
b > -10/5
b > -2