You solve an inequality in the same way as you would solve an equality (equation).
The only difference is that if you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a negative number, you must reverse the inequality sign.
Thus, if you have
-3x < 9
to find x, you need to divide by -3. That is a negative number so
-3x/(-3) > 9/(-3) reverse inequality
x > -3
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2(x - 3) = 2x - 6.
Multiplication can be the first step when using the distributive property with subtraction. The distributive law of multiplication over subtraction is that the difference of the subtraction problem and then multiply, or multiply each individual products and then find the difference.
12*56 Use the distributive property on 12: (10+2)*56 = 10*56 + 2*56 Use the distributive property on 56 twice: 10*(50+6) + 2*(50+6) = 10*50 + 10*6 + 2*50 + 2*6 = 500 + 60 + 100 + 12 = 672