is the same as 6th root is an EVEN root, and even roots of negative numbers are not real numbers, so we must make sure that 5-x is not negative which means that it is positive or zero, which means that it is greater than or equal to zero. So we require this inequality to make sure what's under the EVEN root radical is not negative: 5 - x > 0 -x > -5 Then we divide through by -1 which reverses the inequality x < 5 In interval notation that is ( , 5] Edwin