Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core, 2011
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Exercise 11 Page 361

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

s>5/23

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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 you divide or multiply by a negative number, you must reverse the inequality sign.
8s+7 > - 3(5s-4)
8s+7 > - 15s+12
23s+7 >12
23s>5
s>5/23
This inequality tells us that all values greater than 523 will satisfy the inequality.