SOLUTION: Solve: -1 < 5 - 2p < 5 Work I've done: -1 < 5 - 2p and 5 - 2p <5 subtract 5 from both sides -6 < -2p and -2p

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Question 781652: Solve:
-1 < 5 - 2p < 5
Work I've done:
-1 < 5 - 2p and 5 - 2p <5
subtract 5 from both sides
-6 < -2p and -2p < 0
divide by -2
3 > p and p > 0
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
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Solve:
-1 < 5 - 2p < 5
Work I've done:
-1 < 5 - 2p and 5 - 2p <5
subtract 5 from both sides
-6 < -2p and -2p < 0
divide by -2
3 > p and p > 0

You could have done it this way:

-1 < 5 - 2p < 5

- 1 - 5 < 5 - 2p - 5 < 5 - 5 --------- Subtracting 5

- 6 < - 2p < 0

------- Dividing by - 2

3 > p > 0, which means that:

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SOLUTION: Solve: -1 < 5 - 2p < 5 Work I've done: -1 < 5 - 2p and 5 - 2p <5 subtract 5 from both sides -6 < -2p and -2p < 0 divide by -2 3 > p and p > 0