SOLUTION: Determine whether -4 satisfies this compound inequality x<5 or x>-3

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Question 193903: Determine whether -4 satisfies this compound inequality
x<5 or x>-3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(21667) About Me  (Show Source):
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When we say "x<5 or x>-3", we mean that either one could be true.


Since -4<5 is true, this means that -4 satisfies the inequality x<5. So -4 satisfies the compound inequality: x<5 or x>-3