SOLUTION: Solve the inequality. Express your answers using set notation or interval notation. Graph the solution set. 0 < (2x - 4)^(-1) < 1/2 Let me see. Let (2x - 4)^(-1) be 1/

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Question 1199342: Solve the inequality. Express your answers using set notation or interval notation. Graph the solution set.
0 < (2x - 4)^(-1) < 1/2

Let me see.

Let (2x - 4)^(-1) be 1/(2x - 4).


We now have this:


0 < 1/(2x - 4) < 1/2

Stuck here....

Found 2 solutions by Theo, ikleyn:
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i believe the answer will be x > 3
here's my reasoning.
your inequality is 0 < (2x-4)^-1<1/2
that becomes:
0 < 1/(2x-4) < 1/2
multiply all sides of the inequality by (2x-4) to get:
0 < 1 < 1/2 * (2x-4)
simplify to get:
0 < 1 < (x-2)
add 2 to all sides of the inequality to get:
2 < 3 < x
is x > 3, then x has to be > 2, so reduce the inequality to:
3 < x
solve for x to get:
x > 3

to see if this is a good solution, replace x with something greater than 3, like 4.
your equation becomes 0 < 1/(8-2) < 1/2
simplify to get:
0 < 1/6 < 1/2
this is a true statement because 0 < 1/6 and 1/6 < 1/2.

your solution is x > 3 as far as i can tell.

Answer by ikleyn(52777)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I will continue, starting from the point where you stop.


So, we should solve this inequality

    0 <  < 


Thus, we have, actually, two inequalities

    (a)  0 <    and   (b)   < .


From (a), we have that 2x-4 is positive

    2x - 4 > 0,

which implies  2x > 4;  hence,  x > 2  (after diving both sides by 2 in the previous inequality).



From (b), we have 2 < 2x-4  (after cross-multiplying of (b)).

It implies  2+4 < 2x,  or  6 < 2x;  hence,  x > 3.



Of two inequalities,  x > 2  and  x > 3,  their solution is  x > 3.


ANSWER.  The solution to given compound inequality is the interval (3,oo),  or  {x |  x > 3}.

Solved.



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