document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39024>Question 39024</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is from Dr. Rapalje's Intermediate Algebra book. Page 81, #8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the inequality. Give answer in interval notation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8 - 3(X - 4) < 3(6 - X)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ended up with x < 14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is (-oo, oo)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have no idea how he came up with that answer. Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let us multiply everything out first and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8 - 3x + 12 < 18 - 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now combine<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 - 3x < 18 - 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now add 3x to both sides and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 < 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now ask yourself, \"For what values of x is 4 less than 18?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Well, all of them.  That's why the answer in interval notation is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-oo, oo) . </SPAN>\n" );
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