How do you solve \frac { 9} { 8} x - 1\leq 5x - \frac { 7} { 4}?

1 Answer
Mar 22, 2018

x>=6/31

Explanation:

As always do some cleanup:

9/8x-5x <= -7/4+ 1

-31/8x<=-3/4

Now we multiply by -8. Therefore the <= has to be changed to >=, resulting in

31x>=6.

Division by 31 solves the problem:

x>=6/31