SOLUTION: solve and graph {{{ 6/((x+4))+1<=4/((3x+12)) }}}.

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Question 1102656: solve and graph
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Found 3 solutions by greenestamps, josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Get all terms on one side of the inequality (with 0 on the other side), and with a common denominator.






The critical points -- where numerator or denominator are 0, and therefore the only places where the function value can change sign -- are -26/3 and -4.

Choosing test points (or any other valid method) will show that the function value is positive to the left of -26/3 and to the right of -4; it is negative only between -26/3 and -4.

If you are graphing the solution set on a number line, the left endpoint -26/3 is included in the solution set because the numerator can be 0; the right endpoint is not included because the denominator cannot be 0.

So the solution set for the inequality in interval notation is [-26/3,-4).

The solution set of the inequality can be seen in a graph of the equation:




Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is only a start - not the whole solution.

Recognize that whatever you find, .


Common denominator ;




---------------Below here is faulty because accounting for both numerator AND denominator and critical x values must be done------------------------------



recheck for any mistakes, and continue...

Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Approach used and shown by by @josgarithmetic is   W R O N G.

A V O I D   it.


In the solution, you must analyse and take into account the signs of BOTH the numerator and denominator, as @greenestamps did.


Also see the lesson
    - Solving inequalities for rational functions with non-zero right side
in this site.


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