How do you solve $2- 5( x + 1) \geq 4( x - 1) - 26$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-25T02:31:19

$x <= -3$

We need to solve the equation by isolating the $x$ variables.

First, we distribute $-5$ and $4$ into the parenthesis. We get:

$2 - 5x-1 >= 4x-1 -26$ (multiplied $-5$ by x and $1$ and multiplied $4$ by x and $-1$ )

Then we isolate the $x$ values.

$-5x -4x >= -26 +1 -2$

Now we combine like terms

$-9x >= -27$

Now to isolate the x, we divide both sides by $9$ . Whenever we divide or multiply both sides with a negative number we flip the inequality sign.

$x <= 3$

How do you solve 2- 5( x + 1) \geq 4( x - 1) - 262- 5( x + 1) \geq 4( x - 1) - 26?