4 years ago

-5(x+7)<-10 solve for x

Mathematics

2 answers:

EleoNora [17]4 years ago

6 0

-5(x+7)<-10
-5x-35<-10
-5x<25
-5x/-5<25/-5
x>-5

olga2289 [7]4 years ago

3 0

-5(x+7)<-10.
You need to use the distributive property.
-5x - 35 < -10.
You need to cancel out -35, so you add it to itself, & -10.
-5x < 25.
You need to divide -5 by itself & 25.
x>-5.

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