
Lauren H. answered 01/05/19
Experienced High School Chemistry Teacher
-2<-1-4x<12
add 1 to each expression:
-1 < -4x < 13
divide by -4 and change greater to less than and vice versa
-1/-4 > x > 13/-4
1/4 > x > -13/4
So, x lies between -13/4, which is the same as -3 1/4, and 1/4. On a graph, which I can't execute on this platform, you would wrote an open dot each at -13/4 and 1/4 connected by a solid line.
2x-7≤5 or 5-2x>3
2x ≤ 12
x ≤ 6
And,
5-2x>3
-2x > -2
x < 1
These overlap.