document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=876741>Question 876741</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve each inequality and express the solution set using interval notation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3(3x+2)-2(4x+1) is greater or equal to 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have done my math twice and my answer keeps coming up to: [x greater or equal to 0), however the answer in my book says (-x, -8/17].\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is my work:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-9x-6-8x-2 is greater or equal to 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6+x-2 is greater or equal to 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4+x is greater or equal to 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[x is greater or equal to 4). </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #528992 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=528992\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -9x-8x is -17x, not +x. Also -6-2 is -8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6-17x-2 >= 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8 >= 17x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x <= -8/17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS: the answer you wrote, (-x, -8/17] is confusing notation since it is normally interpreted as the set of real numbers greater than -x, and less than or equal to -8/17. </SPAN>\n" );
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