Solution
Solution
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Interval Notation
Decimal Notation
Solution steps
Simplify
Convert element to fraction:
Cross-cancel common factor:
Apply the fraction rule:
Multiply both sides by
Multiply both sides by -1 (reverse the inequality)
Simplify
Divide both sides by
Divide both sides by
Simplify
For , if then
If then
Switch sides
Divide both sides by
Divide both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Multiply the numbers:
Divide the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Cancel
Cancel the common factor:
Cancel
Cancel
Cancel the common factor:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Least Common Multiplier of
Lowest Common Multiplier (LCM)
Least Common Multiplier of
Least Common Multiplier (LCM)
Prime factorization of
divides by
divides by
divides by
divides by
are all prime numbers, therefore no further factorization is possible
Prime factorization of
divides by
divides by
divides by
divides by
are all prime numbers, therefore no further factorization is possible
Multiply each factor the greatest number of times it occurs in either or
Multiply the numbers:
Compute an expression comprised of factors that appear either in or
Adjust Fractions based on the LCM
Multiply each numerator by the same amount needed to multiply its
corresponding denominator to turn it into the LCM
For multiply the denominator and numerator by
Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions:
Divide both sides by
Divide both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Multiply the numbers:
Divide the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Cancel
Cancel
Cancel the common factor:
Cancel the common factor:
Combine the intervals
Merge Overlapping Intervals