Concept explainers
To solve: the inequality.
Answer to Problem 12Q
The interval notation as
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Given inequality
Calculation:
The inequality remains unchanged if same operations with same numbers are performed on both sides on the inequality. If multiplication or division with negative numbers involved, then the sign of the inequality is reversed.
First use distributive property,
To solve the above inequality for
Note that the statement
Hence, the solution of the inequality is the entire real line. It can be represented using the interval notation as
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