SOLUTION: Please assist me with solving the inequality and also could you show me how you came up with the answer: -18t-2<24 Thank you

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Question 404514: Please assist me with solving the inequality and also could you show me how you came up with the answer:
-18t-2<24
Thank you
Found 2 solutions by mananth, lwsshak3:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-18t-2<24
add +2 to both sides
-18t-2+2<24+2
-18t<26
divide by -2
-18t/-2 > 26/-2
Because you are dividing by a negative number
the sign reverses
9t>-13
divide by 9
t>-13/9

Answer by lwsshak3(11628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-18t-2<24
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-18t-2<24
add 2 to both sides
-18t<24+2
-18t<26
divide both sides by 18
-t<26/18
reduce to lowest terms
-t<13/9
multiply both sides by (-1) and flip the inequality sign around
t>-13/9