The Real Number System

Solution Set 2

1. 2.
3. `5/2 < 4` 4. `-3/2 > -3` 5. `2/3 > 0.6666` 6. `1/5 = 0.2`
7. `1.75 < 2.23` 8. `1.25 < 1.3` 9. `0.bar36 = 4/11` 10. `0.4 < 4/9`
11. `10/5 = 2` 12. `0/2 = -0/5` 13. `pi > 3.14159` 14. `22/7 > pi`
15.
`(3,5)`
16.
`[-2,1)`
17.
`(-oo,3)`
18.
`[4,oo)`
19.
`[0,3)`
20.
`(-4,4]`
21.
`(-oo,-3)uu[2,oo)`
22.
`(-oo,2]uu(3,oo)`
23.
`(3,4)`
24.
`(-oo, oo)`
25.
`(-1,3]`
26.
`(-oo,5)`
27.
`-4 <= x <= 1`
28.
`-2 <= x < 3`
29.
`1 < x < 5`
30.
`1 < x <= 4`
31.
`x >= 2.5`
32.
`x <= 3`
33.
`x < 2`
34.
`x > pi`
35.
`x <= 2 \ \ \ \ \ ` or ` \ \ \ \ \ x > 3`
36.
`x < 1 \ \ \ \ \ ` or ` \ \ \ \ \ x > 4`
37.
`x < 3 \ \ \ \ \ ` or ` \ \ \ \ \ x > 3`
38.
`x < 1 \ \ \ \ \ ` or ` \ \ \ \ \ x >= 2`
Inequality Notation Interval Notation Graph
39. `x <= 3` `(-oo,3]`
40. `x > -2` `(-2,oo)`
41. `-1 < x <= 2` `(-1,2]`
42. `-3 <= x < -1` `[-3,-1)`
43. `1 <= x <= 4` `[1,4]`
44. `x < -1` `(-oo,-1)`
45. `-2 <= x < pi` `[-2,pi)`
46. `x < 2 \ \ \ \ \ ` or ` \ \ \ \ \ x >= 4` `(-oo,2)uu[4,oo)`
47. `4` 48. `8` 49. `27.4` 50. `-4` 51. `-11`
52. `32` 53. `y^2+10` 54. `x^2+1` 55. `1+pi` 56. `8`
57. `9` 58. `2x-2` 59. `x+7` 60. `x+3`
61. `7` 62. `5` 63. `8` 64. `13`
65. `50` 66. `130` 67. `33` 68. `pi-3`
69. `pi+3` 70. `9/14` 71. `5/12` 72. `8`
73. `|a-2|` 74. `|b+7|` 75. `|m-n| or |n-m|` 76. `|p+8|`
77. `|a-4| < z` 78. `|z-5| > 4` 79. `|x+2| < 7` 80. `|y+3| > 6`
81. `(-oo,3)uu(3,oo)` 82. `(-oo,oo)` 83. `(-3,3)` 84. `(-oo,-2)uu(2,oo)`
85. False 86. True 87. True
88a. `1/2(5+8-|5-8|)=1/2(13-|-3|)=1/2(13-3)=1/2(10)=5`
88b. `1/2((-2)+7-|(-2)-7|)=1/2(5-|-9|)=1/2(5-9)=1/2(-4)=-2`
88c. `1/2((-4)+(-7)-|(-4)-(-7)|)=1/2((-11)-|3|)=1/2((-11)-3)=1/2(-14)=-7`
89. When `x > y` `1/2(x+y-|x-y|)=1/2(x+y-(x-y))=1/2(x+y-x+y)=1/2(2y)=y`
89. When `x < y` `1/2(x+y-|x-y|)=1/2(x+y-(y-x))=1/2(x+y-y+x)=1/2(2x)=x`
90. When `a` and `b` are both nonnegative.