Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.7 - Polynomial and Rational Inequalities - Exercise Set - Page 413: 25

Answer

$[2-\sqrt 2,2+\sqrt 2]$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Rewrite the inequality as $x^2-4x+2\leq0$ or $(x-(2-\sqrt 2))(x-(2+\sqrt 2))\leq0$ and the boundary points are $x=2\pm\sqrt 2$ Step 2. Using test points to examine signs across the boundary points, we have $...(+)...(2-\sqrt 2)...(-)...(2+\sqrt 2)...(+)...$, Thus the solutions are $2-\sqrt 2\leq x\leq 2+\sqrt 2$ Step 3. We can express the solutions on a real number line as shown in the figure. Step 4. We can express the solutions in interval notation as $[2-\sqrt 2,2+\sqrt 2]$
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