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-5x>-8-1
Subtract 1 from both sides.
-5x>-9
Subtract 1 from -8 to get -9.
x<\frac{-9}{-5}
Divide both sides by -5. Since -5 is negative, the inequality direction is changed.
x<\frac{9}{5}
Fraction \frac{-9}{-5} can be simplified to \frac{9}{5} by removing the negative sign from both the numerator and the denominator.