document.write( "Question 657131: Solve -17 < x < 12 or 12 ≤ x < 24 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "-17 < x < 12 or 12 ≤ x < 24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make the number line graph of -17 < x < 12 \r\n" );
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document.write( "   -17                    12        24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make the graph of 12 ≤ x < 24 on another number line\r\n" );
document.write( "using the same scale as the first:\r\n" );
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document.write( "   -17                    12        24 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Place them one above the other:\r\n" );
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document.write( "   -17                    12        24\r\n" );
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document.write( "   -17                    12        24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the word between the inequalities is \"OR\",\r\n" );
document.write( "We must make a single number line of what points\r\n" );
document.write( "are shaded on on one OR the other number line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "As you can see all the points are shaded either on \r\n" );
document.write( "the first number line OR are shaded on the \r\n" );
document.write( "second number line, so the solution set is defined\r\n" );
document.write( "by this number line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "   -17                    12        24\r\n" );
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document.write( "And in interval notation that is (-17,24)\r\n" );
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