# Step by Step solutions

**URL:** <https://community.wolfram.com/t/step-by-step-solutions/3770>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** wolfram-alpha, equation-solving\
**Created:** [October 25, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/step-by-step-solutions/3770 "2014-10-25T13:11:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![williamejohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/edb3f5/32.png) [@williamejohnson](https://community.wolfram.com/u/williamejohnson)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/step-by-step-solutions/3770/1 "2014-10-25T13:11:35Z")

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I just joined WolframAlpha Pro. I’m a little confused on the availability of step by step solutions. I can illustrate the issue by trying to solve some very straightforward equations and inequalities.

1. (w/8)-13 = -6 will offer step by step solution
2. (w/8)-13\<-6 will not offer step by step solution
3. (2x-3)/5 \>=7 will offer a step by step solution
4. (2x-3)/5 \<7 will offer a step by step solution
5. 7x-1+4x\<=33 will not offer a step by step solution
6. 7x-1+4x=33 will offer s step by step solution

What is the pattern for determining whether or not solution will be produced?

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**Author:** ![rodrigosambadesaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rodrigosambadesaa](https://community.wolfram.com/u/rodrigosambadesaa)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/step-by-step-solutions/3770/2 "2015-01-28T22:48:45Z")

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Here you have a lot of examples of the types of problems for which the step-by-step solutions are avaliable: [http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/step-by-step-math-solver.html](http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/step-by-step-math-solver.html).