How to find the solution to an inequality with addition - Algebra 1

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Solve:

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Subtract 2 from each side:

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Solve for :

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This inequality can be solved just like an equation.

Add 4 to both sides:

2x > 11

Then divide by 2:

x > 11/2 = 5.5

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Solve the inequality:

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First, combine like terms on a single side of the inequality. On the right side of the inequality, combine the terms to obtain .

Next, we want to get all the variables on the left side of the inequality and all of the constants on the right side of the inequality. Add 4 to both sides and subtract from both sides to get .

Finally, to isolate the variable, divide both sides by 12 to produce the final answer, .

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Solve this inequality:

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First, add to both sides:

, or

.

Then, add 2 to both sides:

, or

Finally, divide both sides by 6 to get the answer:

which simplifies to:

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Solve for :

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To solve the inequality, simply move the 's to one side and the integers to the other (i.e. subtract from both sides and add 9 to both sides). This gives you .

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Solve for :

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Subtracting and adding 3 to both sides of the equation of will give you . Divide both sides by 2 to get .

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Which value of is in the solution set of the inequality ?

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Add and subtract 2 from both sides of to get . Then, divide both sides by 3 to get a solution of . The only answer choice that is greater than 5 is 6.

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Find the solution set for :

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Note the switch in inequality symbols when the numbers are multiplied by a negative number.

or, in interval notation,

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Solve the inequality:

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Combine like-terms on the left side of the inequality: . Next, isolate the variable: .

Therefore the answer is .

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Solve:

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To solve , isolate the variable by adding three on both sides.

The correct answer is:

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Solve the following inequality:

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To solve the inequality, get all terms with on one side and all constants on the other side. We first subtract from both sides

,

Now add 7 to both sides

.

Now divide both sides by 2

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Solve this inequality:

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To solve this inequality, we need to separate the constants from the variables so that they are on opposite sides of the inequality.

We can do this by adding (4x+5) to each side and

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The constants cancel on the left side, and the variables cancel on the right side.

Then, we divide both sides by 16, to get our final answer:

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Simplify the following inequality:

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This is a one-step problem in which all you need to do is add the to both sides to get by itself.

So,

Then simplify to get:

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Find all of the solutions to this inequality.

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To solve an inequality, isolate the variable on one side with all other constants on the other side. To accomplish this, perform opposite operations to manipulate the inequality.

First, isolate the x by subtracting three from each side.

Whatever operation you do to one side you must do to the other side as well.

This gives you:

The answer, therefore, is .

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Solve the inequality:

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In order to isolate the variable, we will need to add nine on both sides.

Simplify both sides of the equation.

The answer is .

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Solve the following inequality:

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Add both sides by four to isolate the variable.

Simplify both sides of the equation.

The answer is:

This means that is greater than forty, but cannot equal to forty.

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Solve for x in the following inequality:

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When solving an inequality, we will solve it the same way we would solve an equation. We are solving for x, so we want x to stand alone. In the equation

we want to add 5 to both sides. The inequality symbol does not change. We get

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Find the solution of the inequality:

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To isolate the unknown variable, we will need to add 14 on both sides.

Simplify both sides of the equation.

The answer is:

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Solve the inequality:

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In order to solve for the unknown variable, add 12 on both sides.

Simplify both sides.

The answer is:

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Find the solution:

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To solve this inequality, simply add the variable on both sides. This method eliminates having to divide by negative one on both sides and switch the sign.

This inequality is the same as since the unknown variable must be greater than three.

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