document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=248916>Question 248916</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you solve    <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                    a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                   ____  >0? by using interval notation and graphing it?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "____ > 0? by using interval notation and graphing it?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: Notice that a cannot be -2 because of the denominator.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd: Solve the EQUALITY which is the boundary for the INEQUALITY.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a/(a+2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution: a = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3rd: Draw a number line and plot a = -2 and a = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4th: Pick a check point from each of the three number line intervals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to see where the solutions for the INEQUALITY lie.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Test the check point values in a/(a+2) > 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a = -3 you get: -3/(-1) > 0 ; true, so solutions in (-inf,-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a = -1 you get: -1/(1) > 0 ; false, so no solutions in (-2,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a = 1 you get: 1/(3) > 0 ; true, so solutions in (0,+inf)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Final answer: (-inf,-2)U(0,+inf)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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