#Week 5# Contents:

*Student’s Worksheet for Mathematics I* B. Inequalities:

1. Definition
Chapter 2: Equations, Inequalities, and 2. Solving linear inequalities
Absolute Values 3. Solving compound inequalities
4. Solving quadratic inequalities
5. Solving rational inequalities
6.

A. Equations
1. Definition

• Inequalities involve the use of symbols: <, ≤, >, ≥. The following table provides
several commonly used mathematical inequality and their respective meanings:

Phrase Mathematical inequality Examples

a is less than b a<b x<5
a is greater than b a>b y > 10
a is less than or equal to b a≤b x+2≤0
a is greater than or equal to b a≥b x − 1 ≥ −6

2. Solving linear inequalities

Question 1
Solve the following inequalities:
1) 3x + 4 ≥ x − 5
2) 2 − 3x < x + 9

3) −5x + 25 > 0

Answer:

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 3. Solving compound inequalities

Question 2
Solve the following inequalities:

1) −4 < x − 3 < 5
−x+4
2) −2 ≤ ≤9
2

Answer:

4. Solving quadratic inequalities

Question 3
Solve the following inequalities:

1) x 2 − 4x ≥ 5

2) 2x 2 + 3x ≤ 5

3) −x 2 < −x − 2

Answer:

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 5. Solving rational inequalities

Question 4

Solve the following inequalities:

2x−1
1) >1
x+1
x
2) ≤3
x−2
3 2
3) ≥ x−1
x+2
3 1
4) ≤ x+3
x+1

Answer:

Practice Exercise
Express your answers using set notation or interval notation for the following problems
below:
1) 3x − 2 ≥ −x + 3 7) 10 < x − 1 < 20
5
2) −3 ≤ 2x + 4 ≤ 5 8) < 2 + 3x
x
x−3
3) −2x 2 − x + 6 > 0 9) >1
x+1

4) 6(x 2 − 1) ≥ 5x
x−4
5) <0
x+3
2 1
6) ≥
x−3 x+2

Answer:

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