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Isolating Variables in Linear Inequalities

A laboratory technician is solving the inequality 24<43n{}-24 < \frac{4}{3}n to determine the minimum required temperature nn for a chemical reaction. In the first step of the solution process, by what specific positive fraction must both sides of the inequality be multiplied to isolate the variable nn?

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