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Algebra.Com's Answer #554567 by josgarithmetic(39620)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Make all numbers onto one side of the order relation.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The critical values are x at 0 and -1. These form three intervals for the real x number line.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(-infinity, -1) \n" ); document.write( "Pick any value, example, -3. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "FALSE.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(-1, 0) \n" ); document.write( "Pick some value, -1/2. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "TRUE.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(0, infinity) \n" ); document.write( "Pick a value greater than 0, like 1. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "FALSE.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One more thing: The original inequality seems to have no restriction for x at 0; so maybe x=0 might work. Check this. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "FALSE!\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "RESULT, ANSWER: |