Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 1 - Equations and Inequalities - 1.7 Inequalities - 1.7 Exercises - Page 162: 91

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{[-2,\dfrac{3}{2}]\cup[3,\infty)}}$

Work Step by Step

$(2x-3)(x+2)(x-3)\geq0$ $\bf\text{Rewrite as an equation and find the zeros.}$ $(2x-3)(x+2)(x-3)=0$ $2x-3=0$ $2x=3$ $\bf{x=\frac{3}{2}}$ $x+2=0$ $\bf{x=-2}$ $x-3=0$ $\bf{x=3}$ $\bf\text{So, we now have the values:}$ {${-2,\frac{3}{2},3}$} $\bf\text{Which gives us four intervals:}$ $\bf(-\infty,-2]$ $\bf{[-2,\dfrac{3}{2}]}$ $\bf{[\dfrac{3}{2},3]}$ $\bf{[3,\infty]}$ $\bf\text{Now we select test values for each interval}$ which is untrue so this interval is $\bf\text{not valid}$ which is true so this interval is $\bf\text{valid}$ For the interval $\bf(-\infty,-2]$ we can use $\bf{-3}$ as our test value $(2(-3)-3)(-3+2)(-3-3)\geq0$ $(-6-3)(-3+2)(-3-3)\geq0$ $(-9)(-1)(-6)\geq0$ $-54\geq0$ which is not true, so this interval does not satisfy the inequality For the interval $\bf{[-2,\dfrac{3}{2}]}$ we can use $\bf{0}$ as our test value $(2(0)-3)(0+2)(0-3)\geq0$ $(-3)(2)(-3)\geq0$ $18\geq0$ which is true, so this interval satisfies the inequality For the interval $\bf{[\dfrac{3}{2},3]}$ we can use $\bf{2}$ as our test value $(2(2)-3)(2+2)(2-3)\geq0$ $(4-3)(2+2)(2-3)\geq0$ $(1)(4)(-1)\geq0$ $-4\geq0$ which is not true, so this interval does not satisfy the inequality For the interval $\bf{[3,\infty]}$ we can use $\bf{4}$ as our test value $(2(4)-3)(4+2)(4-3)\geq0$ $(8-3)(4+2)(4-3)\geq0$ $(5)(6)(1)\geq0$ $30\geq0$ which is true, so this interval satisfies the inequality Therefore, $\color{blue}{\bf{[-2,\dfrac{3}{2}]\cup[3,\infty)}}$ satisfies the inequality
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