Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.7 - Polynomial and Rational Inequalities - Exercise Set - Page 413: 35

Answer

$[-2,-1]\cup[1,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Rewrite the inequality as $x^2(x+2)-(x+2)\geq0$ or $(x+2)(x+1)(x-1)\geq0$ The boundary points are $x=-2,-1,1$ Step 2. Using test points to examine signs across the boundary points, we have $...(-)...(-2)...(+)...(-1)...(-)...(1)...(+)...$ Thus the solutions are $-2\leq x\leq -1$ plus $x\geq1$ Step 3. We can express the solutions on a real number line as shown in the figure. Step 4. We can express the solutions in interval notation as $[-2,-1]\cup[1,\infty)$
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