Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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7. Solve Inequalities by Multiplication or Division
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Exercise 27 Page 511

What can you do to isolate a variable in an inequality?

Solution Set: w > 13
Graph:

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Inequalities can be solved in the same way as equations, by performing inverse operations on both sides until the variable is isolated. The only difference is that when we divide or multiply by a negative number, we must reverse the inequality sign.
-3 w < -39
w > -39/-3
w > 39/3
w > 13
The above tells us that all values of w that are greater than 13 will satisfy the inequality. Let's graph the inequality on a number line. Notice that w cannot equal 13, which we show with an open circle on the number line.