text: basic algerbra help? i'm doing an algerbra 2 prep class, and i know this is basic stuff, can anyone explain how to do these?i know how to work it out(steps) but i don't know if its right or not.  1/3x + 1 = -1/3x - 8 , ok i can get rid of the fractions by multiplying each number by 3, so i did that worked it out from their and got a answer of 27/6, is this right?  also this one -x+5>(or equal to) 6  wat gets mean here is the negeatives.  can u explain please? the answer to the first one should be -27/2 or -13.5.  for the second one, first you subtract five to each side to get -x>1  then you multiply both sides by negative one, but that makes the inequality sign flip over so you get x<1. whenever you multiply by a negative number in an inequality, the sign flips over.