document.write( "Question 1154037: (x+2)/(x+3)<1 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "The expression on the left is negative when (x+3) is positive:

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\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: x greater than -3

\n" ); document.write( "A graph of (x+2)/(x+3) and the constant 1, showing that the function value is less than 1 only for x greater than -3:

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