SOLUTION: NEGATIVE EIGHT X IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO SIXTEEN. WHEN I DID IT I GOT ONE? BUT I NO THATS NOT RIGHT

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Question 347000: NEGATIVE EIGHT X IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO SIXTEEN. WHEN I DID IT I GOT ONE? BUT I NO THATS NOT RIGHT
Answer by haileytucki(390) About Me  (Show Source):
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-8x>=16
Divide each term in the inequality by -8.
-(8x)/(-8)<=(16)/(-8)
Simplify the left-hand side of the inequality by canceling the common factors.
x<=(16)/(-8)
Simplify the right-hand side of the inequality by simplifying each term.
x<=-2