SOLUTION: 1+5x<26 the solution set is {x/x< ?} please help me with this I keep getting different answers thanks

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Question 249768: 1+5x<26 the solution set is {x/x< ?} please help me with this I keep getting different answers thanks
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Just like solving an equation. Add -1 to both sides:







Multiply both sides by





Hence, the solution set is:



The only difference is when you have to multiply by a negative number. In that case, you have to reverse the sense of the inequality. Consider the following similar problem:



Add -1 to both sides:





Multiply both sides by



(Note sense of inequality reversed from to )




John