document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=341756>Question 341756</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Good evening.  I am taking a college level business calculus class.  We are currently reviewing algebra.  I am stuck on one problem.  It is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know to take the -1 times A + 2 to get A - 5 < A + 2  and I know to take the +2 and subtract it from A - 5 to get A - 5 - 2, but what happens to the A on the right side.  Is it not supposed to be a 0?  I am really confused and lost and, therefore, unable to continue because the rest of this section contains similar problems.  Please help me figure this problem out. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #244679 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=244679\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "----   < -1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The boundary of the inequality is (A-5)/(A+2) = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the denominator cannot be zero, A cannot be -2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The numerator cannot be zero so A cannot be 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve the inequality:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1: Draw a number line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2: Plot the values A = -2 and A = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3: Check a test value from each of the resulting 3 intervals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to see where the solutions are for the inequality.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "----   < -1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check A = -10; (-10-5)/(-10+2) < -1, false so no solutions in (-inf,-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check A = 0; (0-5)/(0+2)< -1, true so solutions in (-2,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check A = 10; (10-5)/(10+2) < -1, false so no solutions in (5,+inf)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Final solution: -2< A < 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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