Algebra Examples

$3 - 2 (1 - x) \leq 2$

Step 1

Simplify $3 - 2 (1 - x)$ .

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Step 1.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$3 - 2 \cdot 1 - 2 (- x) \leq 2$

Step 1.1.2

Multiply $- 2$ by $1$ .

$3 - 2 - 2 (- x) \leq 2$

Step 1.1.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 2$ .

$3 - 2 + 2 x \leq 2$

Step 1.2

Subtract $2$ from $3$ .

$1 + 2 x \leq 2$

Step 2

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the inequality.

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Step 2.1

Subtract $1$ from both sides of the inequality.

$2 x \leq 2 - 1$

Step 2.2

Subtract $1$ from $2$ .

$2 x \leq 1$

Step 3

Divide each term in $2 x \leq 1$ by $2$ and simplify.

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Step 3.1

Divide each term in $2 x \leq 1$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 x}{2} \leq \frac{1}{2}$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 x}{2} \leq \frac{1}{2}$

Step 3.2.1.2

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x \leq \frac{1}{2}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Inequality Form:

$x \leq \frac{1}{2}$

Interval Notation:

$(- \infty, \frac{1}{2}]$