Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.7 - Polynomial and Rational Inequalities - Exercise Set - Page 413: 63

Answer

$(-\infty,-1)\cup[1,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. The domain requirement for the given function $f(x)=\sqrt {\frac{2x}{x+1}-1}$ is that $\frac{2x}{x+1}-1\geq0$ Step 2. From the above inequality, we have $\frac{2x-x-1}{x+1}\geq0$, $\frac{x-1}{x+1}\geq0$, and the boundary points are $x=-1,1$ Step 3. Using test points to examine signs of the left side across the boundary points, we have $...(+)...(-1)...(-)...(1)...(+)...$ Thus the solutions are $x\lt-1$ or $x\geq1$ Step 4. We can express the solutions in interval notation as $(-\infty,-1)\cup[1,\infty)$
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