Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 3 - Section 3.7 - Polynomial and Rational Inequalities - 3.7 Exercises - Page 316: 21

Answer

$(-∞, -1 - \sqrt 3) U [0, -1 + \sqrt 3) $

Work Step by Step

$\frac{x}{x^2 + 2x - 2} \leq 0$ Find the zeros of the expressions in the numerator AND the denominator $x^2 + 2x + 1 = 3$ $(x+1)^2 = 3$ $(x+ 1) = \sqrt 3$ $x = -1 + \sqrt 3, -1 - \sqrt 3$ $x^2 + 2x -2$ = $(x+ 1 -\sqrt 3) (x+ 1 + \sqrt 3)$ Test numbers in between those zero values to determine if the function is negative or positive $(-∞, -1 - \sqrt 3)$ $\frac{(-)}{(-)(-)} = (-)$ $(-1 - \sqrt 3, 0]$ $\frac{(-)}{(-)(+)} = (+)$ $[0, -1 + \sqrt 3]$ $\frac{(+)}{(-)(+)} = (-)$ $(-1 + \sqrt 3, ∞)$ $\frac{(+)}{(+)(+)} = (+)$ Thus the solution is $(-∞, -1 - \sqrt 3) U [0, -1 + \sqrt 3) $
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