12.3: Exercises

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    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    Solve for \(x\).

    1. \(5x+6\leq 21\)
    2. \(3+4x> 10x\)
    3. \(2x+8\geq 6x+24\)
    4. \(9-3x< 2x-13\)
    5. \(-5 \leq 2x+5\leq 19\)
    6. \(15> 7-2x\geq 1\)
    7. \(3x+4 \leq 6x-2\leq 8x+5\)
    8. \(5x+2< 4x-18\leq 7x+11\)
    Answer
    1. \(x \leq 3\)
    2. \(\dfrac{1}{2}>x\)
    3. \(-4 \geq x\)
    4. \(x>\dfrac{22}{5}\)
    5. \(-5 \leq x \leq 7\)
    6. \(-4<x \leq 3\)
    7. \(x \geq 2\) (this then also implies \(x \geq-\dfrac{7}{2}\))
    8. no solution

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    Solve for \(x\).

    1. \(x^2-5x-14>0\)
    2. \(x^2-2x\geq 35\)
    3. \(x^2-4\leq 0\)
    4. \(x^2+3x-3<0\)
    5. \(2x^2+2x\leq 12\)
    6. \(3x^2<2x+1\)
    7. \(x^2-4x+4>0\)
    8. \(x^3-2x^2-5x+6\geq 0\)
    9. \(x^3+4x^2+3x+12 <0\)
    10. \(-x^3-4x<-4x^2\)
    11. \(x^4-10x^2+9\leq 0\)
    12. \(x^4-5x^3+5x^2+5x<6\)
    13. \(x^4-5x^3+6x^2>0\)
    14. \(x^5-6x^4+x^3+24x^2-20x\leq 0\)
    15. \(x^5-15x^4+85x^3-225x^2+274x-120\geq 0\)
    16. \(x^{11}-x^{10}+x-1\leq 0\)
    Answer
    1. \((-\infty,-2) \cup(7, \infty)\)
    2. \((-\infty,-5] \cup[7, \infty)\)
    3. \([-2,2]\)
    4. \(\left(\dfrac{-3-\sqrt{21}}{2}, \dfrac{-3+\sqrt{21}}{2}\right)\)
    5. \([-3,2]\)
    6. \(\left(-\dfrac{1}{3}, 1\right)\)
    7. \(\mathbb{R}-\{2\}\)
    8. \([-2,1] \cup[3, \infty)\)
    9. \((-\infty,-4)\)
    10. \((0,2) \cup(2, \infty)\)
    11. \([-3,-1] \cup[1,3]\)
    12. \((-1,1) \cup(2,3)\)
    13. \((-\infty, 0) \cup(0,2) \cup(3, \infty)\)
    14. \((-\infty,-2] \cup[0,1] \cup[2,5]\)
    15. \([1,2] \cup[3,4] \cup [5, \infty)\)
    16. \((-\infty, 1]\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

    Find the domain of the functions below.

    1. \(f(x)=\sqrt{x^2-8x+15}\)
    2. \(f(x)=\sqrt{9x-x^3}\)
    3. \(f(x)=\sqrt{(x-1)(4-x)}\)
    4. \(f(x)=\sqrt{(x-2)(x-5)(x-6)}\)
    5. \(f(x)=\dfrac{5}{\sqrt{6-2x}}\)
    6. \(f(x)=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x^2-6x-7}}\)
    Answer
    1. \(D=(-\infty, 3] \cup[5, \infty)\)
    2. \(D=(-\infty,-3] \cup[0,3]\)
    3. \(D=[1,4]\)
    4. \(D=[2,5] \cup[6, \infty)\)
    5. \(D=(-\infty, 3)\)
    6. \(D=(-\infty,-1) \cup(7, \infty)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    Solve for \(x\).

    1. \(\dfrac{x-5}{2-x}>0\)
    2. \(\dfrac{4x-4}{x^2-4}\geq 0\)
    3. \(\dfrac{x-2}{x^2-4x-5}< 0\)
    4. \(\dfrac{x^2-9}{x^2-4}\geq 0\)
    5. \(\dfrac{x-3}{x+3}\leq 4\)
    6. \(\dfrac{1}{x+10}> 5\)
    7. \(\dfrac{2}{x-2}\leq \dfrac{5}{x+1}\)
    8. \(\dfrac{x^2}{x+4}\leq x\)
    Answer
    1. \((2,5)\)
    2. \((-2,1] \cup(2, \infty)\)
    3. \((-\infty,-1) \cup(2,5)\)
    4. \((-\infty,-3] \cup (-2,2) \cup[3, \infty)\)
    5. \((-\infty,-5] \cup(-3, \infty)\)
    6. \((-10,-9.8)\)
    7. \((-1,2) \cup [4, \infty)\)
    8. \((-\infty,-4) \cup[0, \infty)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    Solve for \(x\).

    1. \(|2x+7|>9\)
    2. \(|6x+2|<3\)
    3. \(|5-3x|\geq 4\)
    4. \(|-x-7|\leq 5\)
    5. \(|1-8x|\geq 3\)
    6. \(1>\left|2+\dfrac{x}{5}\right|\)
    Answer
    1. \((-\infty,-8) \cup(1, \infty)\)
    2. \(\left(\dfrac{-5}{6}, \dfrac{1}{6}\right)\)
    3. \(\left(-\infty, \dfrac{1}{3}\right] \cup[3, \infty)\)
    4. \([-12,-2]\)
    5. \(\left(-\infty,-\dfrac{1}{4}\right] \cup\left[\dfrac{1}{2}, \infty\right)\)
    6. \((-15,-5)\)

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