Example
Solving and Graphing or
To solve the compound inequality or , isolate the variable in each inequality. In the first inequality, adding results in , and multiplying by yields . In the second inequality, multiplying by produces , which simplifies to . Combining the two statements with "or" means finding the union: or . Because all numbers are either less than or equal to , or greater than or equal to , the combined inequalities encompass the entire number line. The solution is thus all real numbers, expressed in interval notation as .
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