SOLUTION: -4t less than or equal to 48

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Question 934312: -4t less than or equal to 48
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two approaches:

Approach 1:

-4t%22%22%3C=%22%2248

Add 4t to both sides and subtract 48 from both sides:

-48%22%22%3C=%22%224t

Divide both sides by 4

-12%22%22%3C=%22%22t

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Approach 2:

-4t%22%22%3C=%22%2248

Divide both sides by -4, remembering the rule that
when dividing both sides by a negative number, we
must change the direction of the inequality.

t%22%22%3E=%22%22-12

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The answers are equivalent.  You learn from approach 1 that
it is always possible to avoid having to switch the order 
of the inequality.

Edwin