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Algebra: Solving inequality

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Here is an inequality...does my variable make the inequality true?

-3x < -17

x > -5

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The following posting helps with a problem involving inequalities.

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Let's solve the inequality.
Divide -3 from both sides of the inequality:
x > -17/ (-3)
x > 17/3

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