SOLUTION: Can you please help me understand this? Thanks. Solve the inequality -1/3x < 12 and -2/3a > 8

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Question 233058: Can you please help me understand this? Thanks.
Solve the inequality
-1/3x < 12
and
-2/3a > 8
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I'll do one, then you can do the other.



Multiply by -3, but remember that whenever you multiply by a negative, you must reverse the sense of the inequality sign, so:



That's all there is to it.



John