How do you solve $2x-3>6$ or $x-1<-8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-30T21:38:15

$x > 4.5$ or $x < -7$

For the first inequality, add 3 to both sides to give:

$2x > 9$ and then dividing both sides by $2$ gives $x > 4.5$

For the second inequality, add 1 to both sides to give:

$x < -7$

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