Assignment 13

course mth 158

7/11 8pm

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Question: * 1.5.34 (was 1.5.24). How did you write the interval [0, 1) using an inequality with x?

Describe your illustration using the number line.

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Your solution:

0 <= x < 1

There was a closed point at the number zero, and an open point at the number 1, with the area between

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Given Solution:

* * My notes here show the half-closed interval [0, 1).

When sketching the graph you would use a filled dot at x = 0 and an unfilled dot at x = 1, and you would

fill in the line from x = 0 to x = 1. **

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Question: * 1.5.40 (was 1.5.30). How did you fill in the blank for 'if x < -4 then x + 4 ____ 0'?

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Your solution:

x < -4

x + 4 < -4

x < 0

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Given Solution:

* * if x<-4 then x cannot be -4 and x+4 < 0.

Algebraically, adding 4 to both sides of x < -4 gives us x + 4 < 0. **

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Question: * 1.5.46 (was 1.5.36). How did you fill in the blank for 'if x > -2 then -4x ____ 8'?

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Your solution:

x > -2 = -4* x < -2 * -4

-4x < 8

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Given Solution:

* * if x> -2 then if we multiply both sides by -4 we get

-4x <8.

Recall that the inequality sign has to reverse if you multiply or divide by a negative quantity. **

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Question: * 1.5.58 (was 1.5.48). Explain how you solved the inquality 2x + 5 >= 1.

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Your solution:

2x + 5 >= 1

Subtract 5

2x >= -4

divide by 2

x >= -2

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Given Solution:

* * Starting with

2x+5>= 1 we add -5 to both sides to get

2x>= -4, the divide both sides by 2 to get the solution

x >= -2. **

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Question: * 1.5.64 (was 1.5.54). Explain how you solved the inquality 8 - 4(2-x) <= 2x.

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Your solution:

Distributive property

8 - (8 - 4x) <=2x

Combine like terms

-(-4x) <=2x

4x <=2x

Subtract 2x

2x <= 0

x <= 0

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Given Solution:

* * 8- 4(2-x)<= 2x. Using the distributive law:

8-8+4x<= 2x . Simplifying:

4x<=2x . Subtracting 2x from both sides:

2x<=0. Multiplying both sides by 1/2 we get

x<=-0 **

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Question: * 1.5.76 (was 1.5.66). Explain how you solved the inquality 0 < 1 - 1/3 x < 1.

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Your solution:

0 < 1 - 1/3x < 1

Seperate into two equations

0 < 1 - 1/3x

1 - 1/3x < 1

Subtract 1

-1 < - 1/3x

-1/3x < 0

Divide by -1/3 and change sign

-1(-1/3) > x

0 > x

Solve

3 > x

0 > x

So

0 < x < 3

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Given Solution:

* * Starting with

0<1- 1/3x<1 we can separate this into two inequalities, both of which must hold:

0< 1- 1/3x and 1- 1/3x < 1. Subtracting 1 from both sides we get

-1< -1/3x and -1/3x < 0. We solve these inequalitites separately:

-1 < -1/3 x can be multiplied by -3 to get 3 > x (multiplication by the negative reverses the direction of

the inequality)

-1/3 x < 0 can be multiplied by -3 to get x > 0.

So our inequality can be written 3 > x > 0. This is not incorrect but we usually write such inequalities

from left to right, as they would be seen on a number line. The same inequality is expressed as

0 < x < 3. **

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Question: * 1.5.94 (was 1.5.84). Explain how you found a and b for the conditions 'if -3 < x < 3 then a

< 1 - 2x < b.

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Your solution:

-3 < x < 3

-6 < -2x < 6

-5 < 1 - 2x < 7

a = -5, b = 7

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Given Solution:

* * Adding 1 to each expression gives us

1 + 6 > 1 - 2x > 1 - 6, which we simplify to get

7 > 1 - 2x > -5. Writing in the more traditional 'left-toright' order:

-5 < 1 - 2x < 7. **

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Question: * 1.5.106 (was 1.5.96). Explain how you set up and solved an inequality for the problem.

Include your inequality and the reasoning you used to develop the inequality. Problem (note that this

statement is for instructor reference; the full statement was in your text) commision $25 + 40% of excess

over owner cost; range is $70 to $300 over owner cost. What is range of commission on a sale?

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Your solution:

25 + .4 * 70 <25 + .4 * x < 25 +.4 * 300

25 + 28 < 25 + .4x < 25 + 120

53 < 25 + .4x < 145

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Given Solution:

* * If x = owner cost then

70 < x < 300.

.40 * owner cost is then in the range

.40 * 70 < .40 x < .40 * 300 and $25 + 40% of owner cost is in the range

25 + .40 * 70 < 25 + .40 x < 25 + .40 * 300 or

25 + 28 < 25 + .40 x < 25 + 120 or

53 < 25 + .40 x < 145. **

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Question: * 1.5.123 \ 112. Why does the inequality x^2 + 1 < -5 have no solution?

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Your solution:

After completing part of the equation, you will end up with x^2 < -4. You would have to take the square

root of both sides, which is impossible with a negative number.

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Given Solution:

* * STUDENT SOLUTION: x^2 +1 < -5

x^2 < -4

x < sqrt -4

can't take the sqrt of a negative number

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Good.

Alternative: As soon as you got to the step x^2 < -4 you could have stated that there is no such x, since

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