Solve for x (x-2)/3>x+4

$\frac{x - 2}{3} > x + 4$

Step 1

Multiply both sides by $3$ .

$\frac{x - 2}{3} \cdot 3 > (x + 4) \cdot 3$

Step 2

Simplify.

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{x - 2}{3} \cdot 3 > (x + 4) \cdot 3$

Rewrite the expression.

$x - 2 > (x + 4) \cdot 3$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $(x + 4) \cdot 3$ .

Apply the distributive property.

$x - 2 > x \cdot 3 + 4 \cdot 3$

Simplify the expression.

Move $3$ to the left of $x$ .

$x - 2 > 3 \cdot x + 4 \cdot 3$

Multiply $4$ by $3$ .

$x - 2 > 3 x + 12$

Step 3

Solve for $x$ .

Move all terms containing $x$ to the left side of the inequality.

Subtract $3 x$ from both sides of the inequality.

$x - 2 - 3 x > 12$

Subtract $3 x$ from $x$ .

$- 2 x - 2 > 12$

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the inequality.

Add $2$ to both sides of the inequality.

$- 2 x > 12 + 2$

Add $12$ and $2$ .

$- 2 x > 14$

Divide each term in $- 2 x > 14$ by $- 2$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 2 x > 14$ by $- 2$ . When multiplying or dividing both sides of an inequality by a negative value, flip the direction of the inequality sign.

$\frac{- 2 x}{- 2} < \frac{14}{- 2}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 2 x}{- 2} < \frac{14}{- 2}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x < \frac{14}{- 2}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $14$ by $- 2$ .

$x < - 7$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Inequality Form:

$x < - 7$

Interval Notation:

$(- \infty, - 7)$

Solve for x (x-2)/3>x+4

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