What property of inequality justifies the steps shown in the following solution process 2/5x is less than or equal to negative 10 is it addition property division property multiplication or subtraction

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To determine which property of inequality justifies the steps shown in solving \( \frac{2}{5}x \leq -10 \), let's first transform the inequality by isolating \( x \).

  1. Multiply both sides by the reciprocal of \( \frac{2}{5} \), which is \( \frac{5}{2} \).

\[ \frac{5}{2} \cdot \frac{2}{5} x \leq -10 \cdot \frac{5}{2} \]

  1. This simplification yields:

\[ x \leq -25 \]

The operation of multiplying both sides of the inequality by \( \frac{5}{2} \) uses the Multiplication Property of Inequalities, which states that if you multiply both sides of an inequality by a positive number, the direction of the inequality remains the same.

So, the answer is Multiplication Property.