How do you solve the inequality #2x+5>12#?
1 Answer
Feb 24, 2016
Explanation:
Isolate the x term on the left and move numeric values to the right.
subtract 5 from both sides : 2x + 5 - 5 > 12 - 5
hence : 2x > 7
now divide both sides by 2
#(cancel(2)x)/cancel(2) > 7/2 rArr x > 7/2 #
