Hi there!
3(x - 2) < 18
Begin by dividing both sides by 3:
3(x - 2)/3 < 18/3
x - 2 < 6
Add 2 to both sides:
x - 2 + 2 < 6 + 2
x < 8
Assuming the order doesn't matter it would be 10c6 = 210 ways
Answer:
x = -2
Step-by-step explanation:
For this problem, we must simply solve for x. To do this, we will need equation operations, and the use of the distributive property.
Let's work this line by line until we have the value for x:
3{-x + (2x + 1)} = x - 1
3*-x + 3*(2x + 1) = x - 1
-3x + 6x + 3 = x - 1
3x + 3 = x - 1
2x = -4
x = -2
Now we can check our answer for x by plugging back into the original equation and see if the left hand side is equal to the right hand side:
3{-x + (2x + 1)} = x - 1
3{-(-2) + (2(-2) + 1)} ?= (-2) - 1
3{2 + (-4 + 1)} ?= -3
3{2 + (-3)} ?= -3
3{-1} ?= -3
-3 == -3
Thus, we have found the solution for x to be equivalent to negative 2.
Cheers.
