document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39029>Question 39029</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the solution to the quadratic inequality:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-x^2 -4x is equal to or >4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-x^2 - 4x &#8805; 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let's subtract 4, then multiply both sides by -1, reversing the sign...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x^2 - 4x - 4 &#8805; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 4x + 4 &#8804; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now factor<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 2)^2 &#8804; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now notice that anything squared must be at the very least, equal to zero, and cannot be less than zero...so the only point that works is when x + 2 = 0, or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2 </SPAN>\n" );
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