Find when the inequality is satisfied:
-3x+15<3x<4x+8
To solve this problem effectively, we will proceed by solving each inequality separately:
- Step 1: Solve the inequality −3x+15<3x.
- Add 3x to both sides to get: 15<6x.
- Divide both sides by 6 to solve for x: x>615, simplifying to x>2.5.
- Step 2: Solve the second inequality 3x<4x+8.
- Subtract 3x from both sides to isolate x: 0<x+8.
- Subtract 8 from both sides to find: −8<x.
- Step 3: Find the overlap of the solutions.
- The solution to the inequalities −8<x and x>2.5 is simply x>2.5 since x>2.5 is more restrictive.
Thus, the values of x that satisfy the original compound inequality are those for which x>2.5.
Therefore, the solution to the problem is 2.5<x.