How to algebraically solve $\frac{1}{x} < 5$ inequality to obtain two solutions? [duplicate]

Note that by going from $\dfrac{1}{x} < 5$ to $1 < 5x$, you are assuming that $x > 0$. You see that by assuming $x > 0$, you obtain $x > \dfrac{1}{5}$.

Now assume that $x < 0$. Then $\dfrac{1}{x} < 5 \implies 1 > 5x\implies x < \dfrac{1}{5}$ (flipping the inequality). But, remember, we assumed that $x < 0$. Thus, if $x < \dfrac{1}{5}$ and $x < 0$, we can succinctly write this as $x < 0$.

If you multiply with $x^2$ you get $x<5x^2$ so $x(5x-1)>0$ so $$x\in (-\infty, 0)\cup ({1\over 5},\infty)$$

$$\frac { 1 }{ x } <5\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 1 }{ x } -5<0\quad \Rightarrow \quad \frac { 1-5x }{ x } <0\quad \Rightarrow \frac { x\left( 1-5x \right) }{ { x }^{ 2 } } <0\\ x\left( 5x-1 \right) >0\quad \Rightarrow x\in \left( -\infty ,0 \right) \cup \left( \frac { 1 }{ 5 } ,+\infty \right) $$