document.write( "Question 512390: I am stuck on this problem.
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document.write( "Yes it does match D) but the word between them is OR, not AND\r\n" );
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document.write( " 6 > -4x+5 OR 12 ≤ -3x+5\r\n" );
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document.write( "4x > -1   OR  3x ≤ -7\r\n" );
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document.write( " x > \"-1%2F4\"   OR x ≤ \"-7%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the same as \r\n" );
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document.write( " x ≤ \"-7%2F3\" OR  x > \"-1%2F4\"   \r\n" );
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document.write( " x ≤ \"-2%261%2F3\" OR  x > \"-1%2F4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The graph of that is\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4          -3          -2          -1           0           1           2  \r\n" );
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document.write( "The circle on the left is closed because the inequality is ≤ and the one on \r\n" );
document.write( "the right is open because it's >.\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the interval notation for that is\r\n" );
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document.write( "  (-∞,-7/3] ∪ (-1/4, ∞)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The interval notation is just an abbreviation for the graph on the \r\n" );
document.write( "number line above:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The ] indicates that \"-7%2F3\" IS included in the solution set,\r\n" );
document.write( "The ( indicates that \"-2%261%2F3\" is NOT included in the solution set,\r\n" );
document.write( "the ∪ indicates \"OR\", indicating a \"jump\" in the shading. \r\n" );
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