Given,
The expression is 2x - 8 > x + 9 .
Taking the expression as,
[tex]2x-8>x+9[/tex]Adding 8 to both sides then,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x-8+8>x+9+8 \\ 2x>x+17 \end{gathered}[/tex]Substracting x from both sides then,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x-x>x-x+17 \\ x>17 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, the value of x is greater than 17.
