document.write( "Question 519414: (x+20)(x-7)(x+4)>0
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Algebra.Com's Answer #345569 by stanbon(75887)\"\" \"About 
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(x+20)(x-7)(x+4) > 0
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw a number line and plot x = -20, x = -4, and x = 7
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\n" ); document.write( "Test a value from each of the 4 intervals in the inequality:
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\n" ); document.write( "Test x = -30 ; -*-*- > 0 ; false
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\n" ); document.write( "Test x = -10 ; +*-*- > 0 ; true, so solutions in (-20,-4)
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\n" ); document.write( "Test x = 0 ; +*-*+ > 0 ; false
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\n" ); document.write( "Test 10 ; +*+*+ > 0 ; true, so solutions in (7,+oo)
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\n" ); document.write( "Solution: (-20,-4)U(7,+oo)
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