3.5x-10>-3 add 10 to both sides
3.5x>7 divide both sides by 3.5
x>2
... now for the other inequality:
8x-9<39 add 9 to both sides
8x<48 divide both sides by 3
x<6
So we have x>2 and x<6, so the compound inequality is:
2<x<6 and this means that the solution set is:
x=(2, 6)
