College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Inequalities involving Quadratic Functions - 4.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 314: 22

Answer

The inequality is valid for all values i.e. $(-\infty,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

First, we are going to set the right side to zero and use the quadratic equation to find the x-intercepts: $2(2x^2-3x)=-9$ $4x^2-6x+9=-9+9$ $4x^2-6x+9=0$ a=4, b=-6, c=9 $x=\dfrac{-(-6)\pm\sqrt{(-6)^2-4(4)(9)}}{2(4)}$ $x=\dfrac{6\pm\sqrt{36-144}}{8}$ We can see that there will be a negative value in the radical, which means the equation doesn't have real solutions and that there aren't x-intercepts. Since the equation never crosses the x-axis and is upward facing (all f(x) values are positive), the inequality $2(2x^2-3x)>-9$ is valid for all values i.e. $(-\infty,\infty)$
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