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7 Solving Inequalities with roots and powers

Square roots with positive numbers

Square both sides:

Solution set:

Square both sides:

Square both sides:

Solution set:

Solution set:

Square roots with negative numbers

If the square root of is greater than a negative

number, then you could plug in any positive
number to for the inequality to be true.
Solution set:

If the square root of is less than a negative

number, then there is no number that you can
plug in to for the inequality to be true, so ther is
no solution
Solution set: No Solution

Squares with positive numbers (you will not have any negative numbers on the other side, only positive numbers)

Square root both sides:

Solution set:

Square root both sides:

Solution set:

Absolute value with negative numbers

If the absolute value of is greater than a negative

number, then all real numbers are the solution
set. You can replace with any real number and
still satisfy the inequality.

If the absolute value of is less than a negative

number, then there are no solutions to the
inequality. There is no number you can replace
with to satisfy the inequality.

Solution set: All real numbers

Solution set: No Solution

Match the following:

1.

a) No solution

2.

b)

3.

c)

4.

d)

5.

e) No solution

6.

f)

7.

g)

8.

h) All real numbers

More information can be found at:

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=3081&title=Graphing_the_Solution_Set_of_an_Inequality_on_a_Number_Line

Answers:

1 f; 2 c; 3 g; 4 d; 5 b; 6 h; 7/8 a/e