SOLUTION: I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?

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Question 237367: I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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I have a problem of -h is less then or equal to-14 and what I am trying to figure ot is do I need to divide the negative sign so that it's no longer there by h ?

There are two ways to do that.  Here is the first way:

-h%3C=-14

Add 14 to both sides:

-h%2B14%3C=-14%2B14

-h%2B14%3C=0

Add h to both sides:

-h%2B14%2Bh%3C=0%2Bh

14%3C=h

That's the first way.

Now here is the second way. It's shorter but
it requires learning a rule. So learn this rule
so you can use the shorter method.

Rule: If you multiply or divide both sides of an
inequality by a negative number, you must
reverse the direction of the inequality. 

-h%3C=-14

Now divide both sides by -1 and reverse
the direction of the inequality:

%28-h%29%2F%28-1%29+%3E=+%28-14%29%2F%28-1%29

h%3E=14.

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Notice that what we got using the first method

14%3C=h

is exactly the same as what we got using the
second method

h%3E=14.

Edwin