Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Appendix C - Simple Inequalities - Exercise - Page 583: 33

Answer

$ x\gt -8$

Work Step by Step

By multiplying both both sides of the inequality $ \frac{x}{2}\gt -4$ by (2), we have $$ \frac{x}{2}\gt -4 \Longrightarrow x\gt -8 .$$ See the figure below.
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