SOLUTION: My question is to solve for x, Problem: -6x-15<-6x+22 I have tried to solve this problem and I am not coming up with the correct answer. If you solve for x and get rid of

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Question 314746: My question is to solve for x,
Problem:
-6x-15<-6x+22
I have tried to solve this problem and I am not coming up with the correct answer. If you solve for x and get rid of like terms x turns to 0x = -37. Could x be infinity?

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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How did you turn a "less than" sign into an "equals" sign?



Add to both sides:



Add to both sides:



Which is a true statement no matter what value you choose for in the original inequality. Therefore the inequality is true for all real number values of . In short, the solution set is:



To answer your question, "Could be infinity?", the answer is emphatically NO. Nothing can "be" infinity. You certainly can make as large as you like () or as small as you like (), but no matter how big or small you make it, you will never actually get to infinity. Infinity is, well, infinite, you see.

John