First, take a look at what's inside the brackets. You would start by distributing the negative to the m and the 80.
5[5m-(m+80)]>-8(m-6)
5[5m-m-80]>-8(m-6)
Then distribute the 5 to what's inside the brackets.
25m-5m-400>-8(m-6)
Then distribute the -8 to what is in the parenthesis on the right side.
25m-5m-400>-8m+48
Then Combine like terms:
20m-400>-8m+48
Solve to get m by itself by adding 8m.
28m-400>48
Add 400, which would leave you with
28m>448
Then divide by 28 to get the answer to be:
m>16
OMG.. help panicking, have a few questions.. alrite.
5[5m-(m+80]>-8(m-6)
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