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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I don't have to work this one out to guarantee that you did NOT do it correctly. You can't start with an inequality and end with an equation. -4 is the right number, but your solution set is all real numbers LESS THAN -4. In other words, . Since your inequality symbol does not include equals, the value -4 is NOT in the solution set. You can get as close as you like to -4, just not exactly -4.\r
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