Skip to main content
Solve for w
Tick mark Image

Similar Problems from Web Search

Share

17-2w-3w>2
Subtract 3w from both sides.
17-5w>2
Combine -2w and -3w to get -5w.
-5w>2-17
Subtract 17 from both sides.
-5w>-15
Subtract 17 from 2 to get -15.
w<\frac{-15}{-5}
Divide both sides by -5. Since -5 is negative, the inequality direction is changed.
w<3
Divide -15 by -5 to get 3.