document.write( "Question 210779: I need help solving this inequality. I don't understand how to find the answer for both sides. 8th grade algebra for my homework. Thank You\r
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I need help solving this inequality. I don't understand how to find the answer for both sides. 8th grade algebra for my homework. Thank You
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document.write( "|3.5z| > |7|\r\n" );
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document.write( "The absolute value of 7 is just 7, so the right side\r\n" );
document.write( "is just 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "|3.5z| > 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since 3.5 is positive, we may write\r\n" );
document.write( "the left side as\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.5|z| > 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3.5\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3.5abs%28z%29%2F3.5+%3E+7%2F3.5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cross%283.5%29abs%28z%29%2Fcross%283.5%29+%3E+2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "|z| > 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the distance any number which variable z can take \r\n" );
document.write( "on must be more than 2 units from 0, on either side\r\n" );
document.write( "of 0, so the graph of the inequality on a number line is:\r\n" );
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document.write( " -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 \r\n" );
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document.write( "In interval notation the solution set is written:\r\n" );
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document.write( "         \"%22%28%22-infinity%22%22\"\"%22%2C%22-2%22\"\"%22%29U%282%2C%22\"\"infinity\"\"%22%29%22\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "In set-builder notation the solution set is written\r\n" );
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document.write( "         {z|z<-2 OR z>2}\r\n" );
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