Answer: x > 5
Step-by-step explanation: You need to isolate x. First, distribute the 1/2 into the parentheses. You will get:
4x + x + 2 > 12
Combine like terms.
5x + 2 > 12
Subtract 2 from each side.
5x > 10
Divide by 5 on each side.
X > 2
Since x is by itself, that is the answer.
You'd have no problem simplifying that expression if it said
-(5 cows) - (1 cow) + ( 14 cows) - (3 cows) .
You'd just add up the cows, and simplify the expression to say
5 cows .
When you see an expression that talks about 'x's instead of cows,
you get scared. It has something to do with algebra and math and
all that stuff, so you freeze.
Relax. Just make each 'x' a cow, and suddenly it almost solves itself.
In mathematics, the irrational numbers are all the real numbers which are not rational numbers, the latter being the numbers constructed from ratios of integers.
