To save time, you dont need to write "> or ="
You can simply write ">=" without the quotes.
So 3x >= 10 means "3x is greater than or equal to 10"
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we start with 3x >= 2x+5
we want 3x-10 on the left hand side. We already have a 3x. So if we stick a -10 on the left side, we need to do the same thing to the right side to balance things out. We can subtract 10 from both sides to do this
3x >= 2x+5
3x-10 >= 2x+5-10 ... subtract 10 from both sides
3x-10 >= 2x-5
So it looks like a 5 will go in the blank because the negative portion is already taken care of.
