Do these tools work for solving inequalities too? Let’s see. (Remember, by “work,” we mean that we can do these procedures to an inequality without changing whether it’s true or false.) We’ll use less than
Multiply both sides by −2.
Left side | Comparison symbol | Right side |
10 |
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20 |
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