To practice solving a compound inequality with "and", solve the inequalities $4x - 7 < 9$ and $5x + 8 \geq 3$. Solving the first inequality gives $4x < 16$, which simplifies to $x < 4$. Solving the second inequality yields $5x \geq -5$, which simplifies to $x \geq -1$. Graphing both results shows that the intersection—the numbers making both true—is between $-1$ and $4$. The boundary $-1$ is included while $4$ is not. In interval notation, this overlapping solution is written as $[-1, 4)$.