Solve the inequality -2(z + 5) + 20 7 6.
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1. (10m - 14) + 9 = 12 1. Given
2. 5m - 7 + 9 = 12 2. Distributive Property
3. 5m + 2 = 12 3. Simplify (added like terms)
4. 5m = 10 4. Subtraction Property of Equality
5. m = 2 5. Division Property of Equality
So to solve for y, we need to get y alone on one side of the equation. So we are going to subtract 9x from both sides of the equation to get:
And since y is negative, we are going to divide both sides by -1 in order to make the y positive: