document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254931>Question 254931</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ok the problem is 5/x is >= -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i'm not sure how the book got the graph to long how it does <BR>\n" );
document.write( "i only get one section that is shaded and they have two </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "i'm not sure how the book got the graph to long how it does <BR>\n" );
document.write( "i only get one section that is shaded and they have two<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"x\" is a variable you don't know whether it is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "positive or negative.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x>0 you get: 5/x >= -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 >= -x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x >= -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But x>0, so the graph is the half-plane to the right of x = 0 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But if x<0 you get 5/x >= -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5<=-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x <= -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So this part of the graph is the half-plane to the left of x = -5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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