SOLUTION: how do you solve (1/(x+1)) is greater than or equal to (1/(x+5)) and plot on a real number line

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Question 254075: how do you solve (1/(x+1)) is greater than or equal to (1/(x+5))
and plot on a real number line
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Cross-multiply:



Add to both sides



Which is true regardless of the value of . So the solution set is the set of all real numbers.

John