Help there’s smth wrong with my ans which is -5/2 the ans should be -11/2 pls

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Help there’s smth wrong with my ans which is -5/2 the ans should be -11/2 pls enlighten me

Date Posted: 4 years ago

⅓(z + 1) + 2 ≤ ½
⅓(z + 1) ≤ ½ - 2
⅓(z + 1) ≤ -3/2
z + 1 ≤ -3/2 × 3
z + 1 ≤ -9/2
z ≤ -9/2 - 1
z ≤ - 11/2

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Date Posted: 4 years ago

4 years ago

alternatively,

⅓(z + 1) + 2 ≤ ½
Multiply both sides by 3,
z + 1 + 6 ≤ 3/2
z + 7 ≤ 3/2
z ≤ 3/2 - 7
z ≤ 3/2 - 14/2
z ≤ -11/2