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Algebra I Drill 3 Problem 2. How did Sandy change the inequality?

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In order to solve the inequality negative three-halves times 3x minus 5 is greater than 6...

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…the first thing Sandy did was change the inequality to 3x - 5 is less than -4.

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She accomplished this by doing… what?

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And here are the potential answers…

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This one is pretty straightforward – just look at the very first term –

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we’re gonna want to multiply that negative 3 halves thing by 3x…

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Well, in the rewrite she clearly got rid of that ugly prefix.

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How? She just multiplied by the reciprocal of negative 3 halves or negative 2 thirds

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and just condensed the left side to be 3x-5….

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The right side then became 6 times negative 2/3 or … negative 4 cutely circled here.

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Answer: D. As in, "Done."

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