Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 1 - Section 1.11 - Solving Equations and Inequalities Graphically - 1.11 Exercises - Page 122: 43

Answer

$$x ∈ (-\infty, -5] ∪ \{-3\} ∪ [2, +\infty)$$ Also see the image below.

Work Step by Step

$(x+3)^2(x-2)(x+5)\geq0$ Sketching the graph of equation $(x+3)^2(x-2)(x+5)$ gives us the Blue graph on the image above. We need to locate the region, that is above $y=0$ ($x$-axis) line. So we have the solution: $x ∈ (-\infty, -5] ∪ \{-3\} ∪ [2, +\infty)$
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