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    The document discusses solving rational inequalities by rewriting the inequality as a single rational expression on one side and 0 on the other. It describes determining the intervals where the rational expression is positive or negative by finding where it equals 0 or is undefined, and then testing points in each interval to identify the solution set intervals. It warns that multiplying both sides of an inequality by a variable is invalid since the variable's sign is unknown. Examples are provided to illustrate the process.

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    The document discusses solving rational inequalities by rewriting the inequality as a single rational expression on one side and 0 on the other. It describes determining the intervals where the rational expression is positive or negative by finding where it equals 0 or is undefined, and then testing points in each interval to identify the solution set intervals. It warns that multiplying both sides of an inequality by a variable is invalid since the variable's sign is unknown. Examples are provided to illustrate the process.

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    The document discusses solving rational inequalities by rewriting the inequality as a single rational expression on one side and 0 on the other. It describes determining the intervals where the rational expression is positive or negative by finding where it equals 0 or is undefined, and then testing points in each interval to identify the solution set intervals. It warns that multiplying both sides of an inequality by a variable is invalid since the variable's sign is unknown. Examples are provided to illustrate the process.

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    Solving Rational Inequalities

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    Jaymar Talledo Balihon
    The document discusses solving rational inequalities by rewriting the inequality as a single rational expression on one side and 0 on the other. It describes determining the intervals where the rational expression is positive or negative by finding where it equals 0 or is undefined, and then testing points in each interval to identify the solution set intervals. It warns that multiplying both sides of an inequality by a variable is invalid since the variable's sign is unknown. Examples are provided to illustrate the process.

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    Solving Rational

    Equation
    Solving Rational
    Inequalities
    Definition: A rational
    inequality is an inequality
    involving rational expressions.
    1
    Example: x  2x  1
    2
     3
    To solve rational inequalities:

    (a)Rewrite the inequality as a single rational expression on


    one side of the inequality symbol and 0 on the other side.

    (b) Determine over what intervals the rational takes on


    positive and negative values.
    i. Locate the x values for which the rational expression is
    zero or undefined (factoring the numerator and
    denominator is a useful strategy).
    To solve rational inequalities:

    ii. Mark the numbers found in (i) on a number line. Use a shaded circle to
    indicate that the value is included in the solution set, and a hollow circle to
    indicate that the value is excluded. These numbers partition the number line
    into intervals.

    iii. Select a test point within the interior of each interval in (ii). The sign of
    the rational expression at this test point is also the sign of the rational
    expression at each interior point in the aforementioned interval.

    iv. Summarize the intervals containing the solutions.


    Warning! Multiplying both sides of an inequality by a
    number requires that the sign (positive or negative) of
    the number is known. Since the sign of a variable is
    unknown, it is not valid to multiply both sides of an
    inequality by a variable.
    2x
    Example 1: Solve the inequality  1.
    x 1
    3 1
    Example 2: Solve the inequality  .
    x2 x
    x  x  30
    2
    Example 3: Solve the inequality 0
    x 1

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