Solve for xx and graph the solution on the number line below.

Question

0, is less than, start fraction, x, divided by, minus, 5, end fraction
0<
−5
x
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Answer 1

To solve for x, we need to first multiply both sides of the inequality by -5 to get rid of the fraction:

0 < x/-5

Multiply by -5:

0 < x

Therefore, x is greater than 0.

Graphing the solution on the number line:

--------------------------------> 0 ---------------------------------->

So the solution is x > 0, which can be represented by an open circle at 0 and a line extending to the right of the number line.