document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=779215>Question 779215</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x2+5x-12>0 graph and algebraically solve the inequalities </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2 + 8x-3x - 12 > 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x(x+4)-3(x+4) > 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+4)(2x-3) > 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a number line; plot x = -4 and x = 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Test points in each of the resulting intervals to find the solution set::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = -10; you get -*- > 0, so solutions in (-oo,-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = 0: you get +*- > 0, false<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = 10: you get +*+ > 0, so solutions in (3/2,+oo)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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