College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321979478
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 4 - Review Exercises - Page 317: 18

Answer

The inequality is valid for values less than -1/3 and more than 5 (including them) i.e. $(-\infty,-\frac{1}{3}]\cap [5,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

First, we are going to set the right side to zero and factor to find the x-intercepts: $3x^2=14x+5$ $3x^2-14x-5=14x+5-14x-5$ $3x^2-14x-5=0$ $(3x+1)(x-5)=0$ $x_1=-1/3$ $x_2=5$ These are the critical points. We are going to take three values: one less than -1/3, one between -1/3 and 5, and one more than 5 to test in the original equation and check if the inequality is true or not: First test with a value less than -1/3: $3(-1)^2\geq14(-1)+5$ $3(1)\geq-14+5$ $3\geq-9 \rightarrow \text{ TRUE}$ Second test with a value between -1/3 and 5: $3(0)^2\geq14(0)+5$ $3(0)\geq0+5$ $0\geq5 \rightarrow \text{ FALSE}$ Third test with a value more than 5: $3(6)^2\geq14(6)+5$ $3(36)\geq86+5$ $108\geq91 \rightarrow \text{ TRUE}$ These tests show that the inequality $3x^2\geq14x+5$ is valid for values less than -1/3 and more than 5 (including them) i.e. $(-\infty,-\frac{1}{3}]\cap [5,\infty)$
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