The phrase greater than divides the sentence into what should be on the left-hand side and what should be on the right-hand side of the inequality.
-3t > 11
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Every inequality has an inequality symbol and values or expressions on either side of this symbol. In this exercise, we have the phrase greater than, so we can identify that the inequality symbol should be >.
The productof -3 andt > 11On the left-hand side, we have one key phrase: The product of. These words tell us the operations that will be used in our inequality. The product of indicates multiplication.
the product of -3 and t
-3 * t
On the right-hand side, we have a constant. Putting these sides together, we have a complete inequality.
the product of -3 and t is greater than 11.
-3 t > 11
