please help

[drifting yacht]

ive been working on this problem fkr awhile but im stuck and can't figure out where im going wrong

[drifting yacht]

guys I need help

[ebon zodiac]

Hey

I just checked and I noticed you didn’t factorize correctly in the first line of your equation

Right side. Check again

[drifting yacht]

why would there be a line there

I thought the sign would only be a negative if its on the left side of the number

[ebon zodiac]

There supposed to be a minus sign on the « 8x »

So « -8x »

I’ll explain to you why

[drifting yacht]

yes pla

pls

[ebon zodiac]

So you have:

5x-3(x+6)>8-(x-7)

right?

That’s your problem

[drifting yacht]

yes

[ebon zodiac]

Actually i misreaded, there isn’t supposed to be any 8x

[drifting yacht]

oh

but

there is

your distributing the 8

to thr x

so the 8 takes the sign

[ebon zodiac]

You are not supposed to distribute it in the parens

Since it’s not a multiplication

[drifting yacht]

yes it is

im doing homework we did similar problems to this

[ebon zodiac]

It is a substraction

[drifting yacht]

it is?

[ebon zodiac]

8-(x-7) that’s what I see

[drifting yacht]

then why is it in ()

are you saying

[ebon zodiac]

« 8 minus (x-7) »

[drifting yacht]

8 + 7x

?

[ebon zodiac]

No no it’s even simpler than that

8-(x-7)= 8-x+7 (you distribute -1 in the parens which changes the signs of each numbers in your parens)

[drifting yacht]

brb

[ebon zodiac]

=15-x

Okay

[drifting yacht]

back

oh I seeee

kinda confused why you would add 8 and 7 if they aren't next to eachofher

[ebon zodiac]

Oh that. Then let’s try something: can you simplify 1+x-6+2x-7

Whenever you’re in that situation, always add the numbers with the numbers and the x with the x

Can you try?

[scenic kraken]

8-(x-7) = 8-1(x -7), right? so u distribute the -1 across the parentheses to get 8-1(x-7) = 8-x + 7 = 15 - x.

[ebon zodiac]

YES