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oo5rocks
Mar 19, 2008, 07:12 PM
How do you do inequalities

galactus
Mar 20, 2008, 01:18 PM
Come on:rolleyes:.

Give an example of where your problem lies.

Why don't you just ask, "how do you do math?".

chellyboo
Oct 30, 2008, 03:41 PM
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B + 16 > -9

chellyboo
Oct 30, 2008, 03:44 PM
hello can anyone help me?? How do you work this thing?

Unknown008
Oct 31, 2008, 01:44 AM
This is a simple inequality, and so, solve it like any other equation, that is, subtract 16 from both sides, giving

b > -25

If it was like this:

9 - 3b > 0

Then,

-3b > -9

BUT

b < 3

You see, there was an inversion of the sign. This occurs when there is multiplication o division of a negative number.

Hope it helped, though a bit late...

em_03
Nov 2, 2008, 03:07 PM
Do you still need help?

You just solve for be... and when you divide by a negative the sign flips... does that make sense?