Inequalities (GM)-1

INEQUALITIES

Solve the following inequalities:

2x  3 x 2  5x  6
1. 0 2. (x – 1)(3 – x)(x – 2)2 > 0 3. 0
3x  7 x2  x  1

x 2  2x  3 1
4. 2
0 5. x4 – 2x2 – 63  0 6. 2
x 1 x 1

7x  5 x2 1 x 2  6x  7
7. 4 8. 2
 9. 2
8x  3 x 1 2 x2  1

(x  2)(x 2  2x  1) 2(x  4) 1 20 10
10. 0 11.  12.  1  0
4  3x  x 2 (x  1)(x  7) x2 (x  3)(x  4) x  4

2 3 (x  1)2 (x  3)3
13. 3x  x 2  4  x 14. (x – 1) (x + 1) (x – 4) < 0 15. 0
x 4 (x  2)
1 x 2 3x 1
x 2  6x  9 5  4x 3 2
16. 0 17. 4 18.    
5  4x  x 2 3x2  x  4 2 3
3–6x x 2x2  3x  6
19. 2 >1 20. 16 > 0.125 21.  0.3  < 0.00243

6  5x
 2  2  5x 25 2 2 x 1  1
22. 5  23. (0.1)4x 2x  2
 (0.1)2x  3 24. 2
  4 2x 1  1

2x  1 x2  13x  40
25. 2x 2  2x 1  2x 1  2x 2  9 26. > 0, find least x, x  N 27. 0
2x3  3x 2  x 19x  x 2  78

3x  1 2 x 3x  1
28. 0 1 29. 1  2 30. 1  2
2x  5 x 1 2x  1

ANSWER KEY
1. (–; 3/2)  (7/3 + ) 2. (1, 2)  (2, 3)
3. (2, 3) 4. (–3, 1)
5. [–3, 3] 6. (–, 1)  [3/2, + )
7. (–17/25, –3/8) 8. (–3, 1)
9. (–, ) 10. (–, –2]  (–1, 4)
11. (1, 2)  (7, + ) 12. (–, –2)  (–1, 3)  (4, + )
13. [0, 3] 14. (–1, 1)  (1, 4)
15. [–3, 0)  (0, 2) 16. (–5, 1)  {3}

 7  7  4 
17.  ,     1,    ,  18. (–, – 3)  (0, )
 2   2  3 
19. (–, 1/2) 20. (–3/4, )
21. (–, 1/2) (1, ) 22. (–, –2) (–2/5, )
23. xR 24. xR
25. (–, 2) 26. 1
1 
27. (6, 8] 28.  , 6
3 
 1
29. 0, 2  30. (–, –3)  (2, )