2x-5/10 less than -5 or 2x-5/10 greater than 9. solve the compound inequality.

Answer 1

First multiply both sides of both inequalities by 10.
(2x -5) < -50
2x < -45; x < -22.5

(2x-5) > 45
2x > 50
x > 25
x is anything except the range -22.5 to 25