Ogt Math Study Guide Worksheet With Answers - Maple Heights City Schools Page 13

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ex.
-6 - 5x < -2x + 3
Get x on one side.
-6 - 5x < -2x + 3
To get rid of -6 on
+6
+6
left side we add +6
to each side
canceling out the -6
-5x < -2x + 9
- 5x < -2x + 9
+2x +2x
We divide by -3 to
- 5x < -2x + 9
get x by itself.
+2x +2x
-3x < 9
When we divide by a negative
-3x < 9
number in these inequality
-3
-3
problems, the inequality sign
becomes reversed!!
x > 9
x > -3
-3
-3 would have a filled in circle only if it was included by using a
greater than and equal sign: ≥
It would look like this x≥3
Graphing equations in slope-intercept form
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