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Question 71729: I'm a visual learner, please show me how to solve the enequality with fractions. Thanks!
-4/5x > -8
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, funmath:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve:
-4%2F5x+%3E+-8 Multiply both sides by 5x
-4+%3E+-8%285x%29 Perform the indicated mu;tiplication on the right side.
-4+%3E+-40x Finally, divide both sides by -40...don't forget to reverse the order of the > sign!
1%2F10+%3C+x or x+%3E+1%2F10
Or is the problem:
%28-4%2F5%29x+%3E+-8? If it is, then you multiply both sides by the multiplicative inverse of %28-4%2F5%29 which is %28-5%2F4%29
%28-5%2F4%29%28-4%2F5%29x+%3E+%28-5%2F4%29%28-8%29 Simplifying this, you get:
x+%3C+10

Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-4/5x > -8
If this is what you mean:
%28-4%2F5%29x%3E-8
5%28-4%2F5%29x%3E5%28-8%29
%28-20%2F5%29x%3E-40
-4x%3E-40
-4x%2F-4%3C-40%2F-4 Remember to flip the inequality symbol when you multiply or divide by a negative number.
highlight%28x%3C10%29
Happy Calculating!!!!