SOLUTION: please can you help with this problem -3x is more than 0 and 3x-4 is less than 11 determine whether -4 satisfies each compound inequality university of phoenix elementary and int

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Question 91847: please can you help with this problem -3x is more than 0 and 3x-4 is less than 11 determine whether -4 satisfies each compound inequality university of phoenix elementary and intermidiate algebra

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replace x by -4 in each expression to see if it is true statement.
-3x : -3(-4) = 12, since 12 > 0 , it is true;
3x - 4: 3(-4) - 4 = -16, since -16< 11, it is also true.
So -4 can satisfy both expressions.