document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=547281>Question 547281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is 8 a solution of x < -1 or x > 7?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting x=8 we get <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8>-1   (which does not agree with the first statement) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8>7    (which agrees with the second statement)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since there is an or between the two statements, only one of them must be true.  Therefore 8 is a solution of x<-1 or x>7.   </SPAN>\n" );
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