17 Inequalities

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completion of this chapter, the student should be able to:

  • Graph solutions of inequalities on the number line

  • Apply the properties of inequalities to solve linear inequalities

  • Solve polynomial and rational inequalities using critical values

  • Solve inequalities involving absolute value

  • Solve inequalities and systems of inequalities with two variables graphically

  • Solve linear programming problems involving constraint and objective functions

  • Solve application problems involving inequalities

Having devoted a great deal of time to the solution of equations and systems of equations, we now turn our attention to solving inequalities and systems of inequalities.

In doing so, we will find it necessary to find ...

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