It is currently 23 Oct 2017, 12:12

### GMAT Club Daily Prep

#### Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

# Events & Promotions

###### Events & Promotions in June
Open Detailed Calendar

# Inequalities trick

Author Message
TAGS:

### Hide Tags

Intern
Joined: 12 Mar 2016
Posts: 2

Kudos [?]: [0], given: 3

### Show Tags

13 Mar 2016, 01:28
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Yes, this is a neat little way to work with inequalities where factors are multiplied or divided. And, it has a solid reasoning behind it which I will just explain.

If (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) < 0, we can draw the points a, b, c and d on the number line.
e.g. Given (x+2)(x-1)(x-7)(x-4) < 0, draw the points -2, 1, 7 and 4 on the number line as shown.

Attachment:
doc.jpg

This divides the number line into 5 regions. Values of x in right most region will always give you positive value of the expression. The reason for this is that if x > 7, all factors above will be positive.

When you jump to the next region between x = 4 and x = 7, value of x here give you negative value for the entire expression because now, (x - 7) will be negative since x < 7 in this region. All other factors are still positive.

When you jump to the next region on the left between x = 1 and x = 4, expression will be positive again because now two factors (x - 7) and (x - 4) are negative, but negative x negative is positive... and so on till you reach the leftmost section.

Since we are looking for values of x where the expression is < 0, here the solution will be -2 < x < 1 or 4< x < 7

It should be obvious that it will also work in cases where factors are divided.
e.g. (x - a)(x - b)/(x - c)(x - d) < 0
(x + 2)(x - 1)/(x -4)(x - 7) < 0 will have exactly the same solution as above.

Note: If, rather than < or > sign, you have <= or >=, in division, the solution will differ slightly. I will leave it for you to figure out why and how. Feel free to get back to me if you want to confirm your conclusion.

Please explain how will it be different when you have <= or >=

Kudos [?]: [0], given: 3

Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor
Joined: 16 Oct 2010
Posts: 7677

Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232

Location: Pune, India

### Show Tags

14 Mar 2016, 01:32
1
KUDOS
Expert's post
RohitPrakash88 wrote:
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Yes, this is a neat little way to work with inequalities where factors are multiplied or divided. And, it has a solid reasoning behind it which I will just explain.

If (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) < 0, we can draw the points a, b, c and d on the number line.
e.g. Given (x+2)(x-1)(x-7)(x-4) < 0, draw the points -2, 1, 7 and 4 on the number line as shown.

Attachment:
doc.jpg

This divides the number line into 5 regions. Values of x in right most region will always give you positive value of the expression. The reason for this is that if x > 7, all factors above will be positive.

When you jump to the next region between x = 4 and x = 7, value of x here give you negative value for the entire expression because now, (x - 7) will be negative since x < 7 in this region. All other factors are still positive.

When you jump to the next region on the left between x = 1 and x = 4, expression will be positive again because now two factors (x - 7) and (x - 4) are negative, but negative x negative is positive... and so on till you reach the leftmost section.

Since we are looking for values of x where the expression is < 0, here the solution will be -2 < x < 1 or 4< x < 7

It should be obvious that it will also work in cases where factors are divided.
e.g. (x - a)(x - b)/(x - c)(x - d) < 0
(x + 2)(x - 1)/(x -4)(x - 7) < 0 will have exactly the same solution as above.

Note: If, rather than < or > sign, you have <= or >=, in division, the solution will differ slightly. I will leave it for you to figure out why and how. Feel free to get back to me if you want to confirm your conclusion.

Please explain how will it be different when you have <= or >=

$$(x+2)(x-1)(x-7)(x-4) < 0$$
gives
$$-2 < x < 1$$ or $$4 < x < 7$$

$$(x+2)(x-1)(x-7)(x-4) <= 0$$
gives
$$-2 <= x <= 1$$ or $$4 <= x <= 7$$

x can be equal to each transition point such that the expression will take the value 0 in that case. The range is pretty much the same as above.

With division, things are a bit different.

$$\frac{(x+2)(x-1)}{(x-7)(x-4)} < 0$$
gives
$$-2 < x < 1$$ or $$4< x < 7$$

$$\frac{(x+2)(x-1)}{(x-7)(x-4)} <= 0$$
gives
$$-2 <= x <= 1$$ or $$4< x < 7$$

Note that here x cannot be 4 or 7 because then you will get a 0 in the denominator which is not acceptable.
_________________

Karishma
Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor
My Blog

Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for $199 Veritas Prep Reviews Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232 BSchool Forum Moderator Status: I Declare War!!! Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Posts: 258 Kudos [?]: 96 [0], given: 546 Location: United States Concentration: Finance, Economics GMAT Date: 03-18-2015 WE: Asset Management (Investment Banking) Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 28 Jul 2016, 17:48 VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: maddyboiler wrote: Excellent post. Till now we have all seen problems in the format f(x) < 0 where f(x) is written in its factors for (x-a)(x-b)... what if we have something like f(x) < k "k is a constant" (x-a)(x-b)(x-c) < k How do we solve these kind of questions? The entire concept is based on positive/negative factors which means <0 or >0 is a must. If the question is not in this format, you need to bring it to this format by taking the constant to the left hand side. e.g. (x + 2)(x + 3) < 2 x^2 + 5x + 6 - 2 < 0 x^2 + 5x + 4 < 0 (x+4)(x+1) < 0 Now use the concept. Dear Ma'am! Please try to respond to my pm... really needed that help, if possible then revert on forum so that others can benefit for it too. thanks Kudos [?]: 96 [0], given: 546 Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 7677 Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232 Location: Pune, India Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 28 Jul 2016, 22:01 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post Celestial09 wrote: Dear Ma'am! Please try to respond to my pm... really needed that help, if possible then revert on forum so that others can benefit for it too. thanks Celestial09, When you send me a pm, I automatically get a notification. You don't need to separately request me to check the pm on the forum. Check your messages - I have responded to your query. _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

Veritas Prep Reviews

Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232

Intern
Joined: 07 Jun 2016
Posts: 47

Kudos [?]: 7 [0], given: 106

GPA: 3.8
WE: Supply Chain Management (Manufacturing)

### Show Tags

30 Sep 2016, 21:49
gurpreetsingh wrote:
I learnt this trick while I was in school and yesterday while solving one question I recalled.
Its good if you guys use it 1-2 times to get used to it.

Suppose you have the inequality

f(x) = (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) < 0

Just arrange them in order as shown in the picture and draw curve starting from + from right.

now if f(x) < 0 consider curve having "-" inside and if f(x) > 0 consider curve having "+" and combined solution will be the final solution. I m sure I have recalled it fully but if you guys find any issue on that do let me know, this is very helpful.

Don't forget to arrange then in ascending order from left to right. a<b<c<d

So for f(x) < 0 consider "-" curves and the ans is : (a < x < b) , (c < x < d)
and for f(x) > 0 consider "+" curves and the ans is : (x < a), (b < x < c) , (d < x)

If f(x) has three factors then the graph will have - + - +
If f(x) has four factors then the graph will have + - + - +

If you can not figure out how and why, just remember it.
Try to analyze that the function will have number of roots = number of factors and every time the graph will touch the x axis.

For the highest factor d if x>d then the whole f(x) > 0 and after every interval of the roots the signs will change alternatively.

Thank you very much my friend, that is definitely bringing back some old memories. I just got a problem wrong on a practice problem and had I remembered this I wouldn't have! I will commit this to memory, thank you again

Kudos [?]: 7 [0], given: 106

Intern
Joined: 02 Sep 2016
Posts: 47

Kudos [?]: 40 [0], given: 130

### Show Tags

07 Oct 2016, 11:15
As per this trick, for the inequality x^3 < x^2 we will get the range as 0<x<1. But the correct answer is "Any non-zero number less than 1". Please could someone help me understand what am I missing here?

~Kudos are free. Be generous!

Kudos [?]: 40 [0], given: 130

Intern
Joined: 14 Oct 2015
Posts: 11

Kudos [?]: [0], given: 6

GMAT 1: 660 Q48 V31

### Show Tags

08 Oct 2016, 17:47
Pretty quick way of solving.

Kudos [?]: [0], given: 6

Intern
Joined: 30 Nov 2012
Posts: 10

Kudos [?]: 2 [0], given: 1

### Show Tags

24 Oct 2016, 20:02
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Yes, this is a neat little way to work with inequalities where factors are multiplied or divided. And, it has a solid reasoning behind it which I will just explain.

If (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) < 0, we can draw the points a, b, c and d on the number line.
e.g. Given (x+2)(x-1)(x-7)(x-4) < 0, draw the points -2, 1, 7 and 4 on the number line as shown.

Attachment:
doc.jpg

This divides the number line into 5 regions. Values of x in right most region will always give you positive value of the expression. The reason for this is that if x > 7, all factors above will be positive.

When you jump to the next region between x = 4 and x = 7, value of x here give you negative value for the entire expression because now, (x - 7) will be negative since x < 7 in this region. All other factors are still positive.

When you jump to the next region on the left between x = 1 and x = 4, expression will be positive again because now two factors (x - 7) and (x - 4) are negative, but negative x negative is positive... and so on till you reach the leftmost section.

Since we are looking for values of x where the expression is < 0, here the solution will be -2 < x < 1 or 4< x < 7

It should be obvious that it will also work in cases where factors are divided.
e.g. (x - a)(x - b)/(x - c)(x - d) < 0
(x + 2)(x - 1)/(x -4)(x - 7) < 0 will have exactly the same solution as above.

Note: If, rather than < or > sign, you have <= or >=, in division, the solution will differ slightly. I will leave it for you to figure out why and how. Feel free to get back to me if you want to confirm your conclusion.

Karishma,
Pls tell me it is always be that signs will change like +-+- or it is possible the case when it will be the same repeats. for example, ++-+ or +--+

thank you

Kudos [?]: 2 [0], given: 1

Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor
Joined: 16 Oct 2010
Posts: 7677

Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232

Location: Pune, India

### Show Tags

25 Oct 2016, 03:20
1
KUDOS
Expert's post
1
This post was
BOOKMARKED
alesia257 wrote:
Karishma,
Pls tell me it is always be that signs will change like +-+- or it is possible the case when it will be the same repeats. for example, ++-+ or +--+

thank you

Signs will always change in the pattern discussed above. Understand the reason why this is so - check out these posts:

https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... e-factors/
https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... ns-part-i/
https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... s-part-ii/
_________________

Karishma
Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor
My Blog

Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for $199 Veritas Prep Reviews Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232 Intern Joined: 30 Nov 2012 Posts: 10 Kudos [?]: 2 [0], given: 1 Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 25 Oct 2016, 05:18 VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: alesia257 wrote: Karishma, Pls tell me it is always be that signs will change like +-+- or it is possible the case when it will be the same repeats. for example, ++-+ or +--+ thank you Signs will always change in the pattern discussed above. Understand the reason why this is so - check out these posts: https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... e-factors/ https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... ns-part-i/ https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... s-part-ii/ Thank you for your answer. So I can put plus in the right segment and then just put -+-+ without trying numbers,arent I ? Kudos [?]: 2 [0], given: 1 Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 7677 Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232 Location: Pune, India Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 25 Oct 2016, 08:20 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post alesia257 wrote: VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: alesia257 wrote: Karishma, Pls tell me it is always be that signs will change like +-+- or it is possible the case when it will be the same repeats. for example, ++-+ or +--+ thank you Signs will always change in the pattern discussed above. Understand the reason why this is so - check out these posts: https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... e-factors/ https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... ns-part-i/ https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/0 ... s-part-ii/ Thank you for your answer. So I can put plus in the right segment and then just put -+-+ without trying numbers,arent I ? Yes, absolutely but after you bring the factors in the form (ax +/- b) _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

Veritas Prep Reviews

Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232

Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor
Joined: 16 Oct 2010
Posts: 7677

Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232

Location: Pune, India

### Show Tags

07 Nov 2016, 02:01
1
KUDOS
Expert's post
1
This post was
BOOKMARKED
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Squared terms are ignored. You do not put them in the graph. They are always positive so they do not change the sign of the expression.
e.g. $$(x-4)^2(x - 9)(x+11) < 0$$
We do not plot x = 4 here, only x = -11 and x = 9. We start with the rightmost section as positive. So it looks something like this:

positive... -11 ... negative ... 9 ... positive

Since we need the region where x is negative, we get -11 < x < 9.
Basically, the squared term is like a positive number in that it doesn't affect the sign of the expression.

I would be happy to solve inequalities questions related to roots but please put them in a separate post and pm the link to me. That way, everybody can try them.

Responding to a pm:

Quote:
I have a question on this particular thing, wouldn't the range for <0 exclude 4? I understand that it does not change the sign of the graph but it does = 0:
$$(x-4)^2(x - 9)(x+11) < 0$$ if x=4, then the whole thing goes to 0 and it would not be inside the 'valid' range.

Am I correct?

We are given that $$(x-4)^2(x - 9)(x+11)$$ is less than 0.
We need to find the range of values that x can take in that case.
Note that the expression IS LESS THAN 0. This means that it cannot be 0. So x cannot be 4 because that will make the expression 0. So we don't plot 4 on the number line. (x-4)^2 is positive only and hence doesn't affect our signs.
_________________

Karishma
Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor
My Blog

Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for $199 Veritas Prep Reviews Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232 Intern Status: I am not giving up. Not yet. Joined: 23 Jul 2015 Posts: 47 Kudos [?]: 9 [0], given: 392 Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 11 Nov 2016, 12:11 @p00rv@ wrote: As per this trick, for the inequality x^3 < x^2 we will get the range as 0<x<1. But the correct answer is "Any non-zero number less than 1". Please could someone help me understand what am I missing here? ~Kudos are free. Be generous! x^3<x^2 => x^3-x^2<0 (We can get x^2 on to LHS because we now that x^2 is non-negative and hence we need not change the inequality sign) x^2(x-1)<0 x-1<0 x<1 Hope this helps And yeah, ~Kudos are free. Be generous! _________________ Cheers PeeKay Kudos [?]: 9 [0], given: 392 SVP Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 1836 Kudos [?]: 2288 [1], given: 51 Location: India GMAT: INSIGHT WE: Education (Education) Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Nov 2016, 01:12 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post sushantarora wrote: hey , can u please tel me the solution for this ques a car dealership sells only sports cars and luxury cars and has atleast some of each type of car in stock at all times.if exactly 1/7 of sports car and 1/2 of luxury cars have sunroofs and there are exactly 42 cars on the lot.what is the smallest number of cars that could have roofs? ans -11 Answer = 11 Check solution as attached Attachments File comment: www.GMATinsight.com 8.jpg [ 100.76 KiB | Viewed 577 times ] _________________ Prosper!!! GMATinsight Bhoopendra Singh and Dr.Sushma Jha e-mail: info@GMATinsight.com I Call us : +91-9999687183 / 9891333772 Online One-on-One Skype based classes and Classroom Coaching in South and West Delhi http://www.GMATinsight.com/testimonials.html 22 ONLINE FREE (FULL LENGTH) GMAT CAT (PRACTICE TESTS) LINK COLLECTION Kudos [?]: 2288 [1], given: 51 Intern Joined: 15 Nov 2016 Posts: 12 Kudos [?]: 6 [0], given: 39 Location: India Concentration: Finance, Accounting GMAT 1: 620 Q44 V31 GMAT 2: 680 Q47 V35 GPA: 3.1 WE: Analyst (Investment Banking) Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 25 Dec 2016, 10:38 Hi, I tried solving the following question algebraically and had a doubt: Is X negative? (i) (x^3) - (x^5) < 0 (ii) (x^2) - 1 < 0 after simplifying the first statement, I got (x^3) (1+x) (1-x) < 0. Now if we plot the three roots (-1,0,1) on the number line and start mark the regions as - + - + (since f(x) has three factors), it should result in x<-1 and 0<x<1. But when I plugged numbers to confirm, the ranges satisfying the statement are -1<x<0 and x>1. Please help me identify where I'm going wrong. Kudos [?]: 6 [0], given: 39 Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 41913 Kudos [?]: 129490 [0], given: 12201 Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 25 Dec 2016, 10:43 NitinCFA2017 wrote: Hi, I tried solving the following question algebraically and had a doubt: Is X negative? (i) (x^3) - (x^5) < 0 (ii) (x^2) - 1 < 0 after simplifying the first statement, I got (x^3) (1+x) (1-x) < 0. Now if we plot the three roots (-1,0,1) on the number line and start mark the regions as - + - + (since f(x) has three factors), it should result in x<-1 and 0<x<1. But when I plugged numbers to confirm, the ranges satisfying the statement are -1<x<0 and x>1. Please help me identify where I'm going wrong. This question is discussed here: is-x-negative-92508.html _________________ Kudos [?]: 129490 [0], given: 12201 Intern Joined: 21 Jan 2017 Posts: 20 Kudos [?]: 1 [0], given: 7 Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 02 Apr 2017, 02:43 gurpreetsingh wrote: I learnt this trick while I was in school and yesterday while solving one question I recalled. Its good if you guys use it 1-2 times to get used to it. Suppose you have the inequality f(x) = (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) < 0 Just arrange them in order as shown in the picture and draw curve starting from + from right. now if f(x) < 0 consider curve having "-" inside and if f(x) > 0 consider curve having "+" and combined solution will be the final solution. I m sure I have recalled it fully but if you guys find any issue on that do let me know, this is very helpful. Don't forget to arrange then in ascending order from left to right. a<b<c<d So for f(x) < 0 consider "-" curves and the ans is : (a < x < b) , (c < x < d) and for f(x) > 0 consider "+" curves and the ans is : (x < a), (b < x < c) , (d < x) If f(x) has three factors then the graph will have - + - + If f(x) has four factors then the graph will have + - + - + If you can not figure out how and why, just remember it. Try to analyze that the function will have number of roots = number of factors and every time the graph will touch the x axis. For the highest factor d if x>d then the whole f(x) > 0 and after every interval of the roots the signs will change alternatively. Thanks a lot for this post , it's very helpful. Would be great if you clarify the below query: Given: If f(x) has three factors then the graph will have - + - + If f(x) has four factors then the graph will have + - + - + Question: What if we have 2 factors? do we need to start out interpretation as + - + and for 5 factors, do we need to have it in this way? - + - + - + Thanks in advance, Uma Kudos [?]: 1 [0], given: 7 Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 7677 Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232 Location: Pune, India Re: Inequalities trick [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Apr 2017, 05:34 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post umabharatigudipalli wrote: gurpreetsingh wrote: I learnt this trick while I was in school and yesterday while solving one question I recalled. Its good if you guys use it 1-2 times to get used to it. Suppose you have the inequality f(x) = (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) < 0 Just arrange them in order as shown in the picture and draw curve starting from + from right. now if f(x) < 0 consider curve having "-" inside and if f(x) > 0 consider curve having "+" and combined solution will be the final solution. I m sure I have recalled it fully but if you guys find any issue on that do let me know, this is very helpful. Don't forget to arrange then in ascending order from left to right. a<b<c<d So for f(x) < 0 consider "-" curves and the ans is : (a < x < b) , (c < x < d) and for f(x) > 0 consider "+" curves and the ans is : (x < a), (b < x < c) , (d < x) If f(x) has three factors then the graph will have - + - + If f(x) has four factors then the graph will have + - + - + If you can not figure out how and why, just remember it. Try to analyze that the function will have number of roots = number of factors and every time the graph will touch the x axis. For the highest factor d if x>d then the whole f(x) > 0 and after every interval of the roots the signs will change alternatively. Thanks a lot for this post , it's very helpful. Would be great if you clarify the below query: Given: If f(x) has three factors then the graph will have - + - + If f(x) has four factors then the graph will have + - + - + Question: What if we have 2 factors? do we need to start out interpretation as + - + and for 5 factors, do we need to have it in this way? - + - + - + Thanks in advance, Uma Yes, that is correct. Usually, n factors will divide the number line into (n+1) regions. You start out by giving + to the rightmost region (provided all your factors are of the form (ax + b) or (ax - b)) and then alternating the signs on the left. It will be good if you take a look at this post which gives links to explanations on why this happens: https://gmatclub.com/forum/inequalities ... l#p1753431 _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

Veritas Prep Reviews

Kudos [?]: 17404 [1], given: 232

Director
Joined: 02 Sep 2016
Posts: 776

Kudos [?]: 41 [0], given: 268

### Show Tags

02 Jun 2017, 06:24
Hi karishma, abhimahna, mikemcgarry, Bunuel, Skywalker18, and other experts

I am not able to understand the graph. How do we know which one is negative/positive? How does this graph help us in solving inequalities?

Thanks
_________________

Help me make my explanation better by providing a logical feedback.

If you liked the post, HIT KUDOS !!

Don't quit.............Do it.

Kudos [?]: 41 [0], given: 268

BSchool Forum Moderator
Status: Aiming MBA
Joined: 18 Jul 2015
Posts: 2553

Kudos [?]: 809 [0], given: 64

Location: India
Concentration: Healthcare, Technology
GMAT 1: 710 Q50 V35
GPA: 3.65
WE: Information Technology (Health Care)

### Show Tags

02 Jun 2017, 06:33
Shiv2016 wrote:
Hi karishma, abhimahna, mikemcgarry, Bunuel, Skywalker18, and other experts

I am not able to understand the graph. How do we know which one is negative/positive? How does this graph help us in solving inequalities?

Thanks

Hi Shiv2016 ,

The concept is very easy.

1. Find out the zero points.
2. Arrange them in ascending order.
3. Draw them on a number line.
4. Take the right most as +ve and proceed towards left taking alternate signs.
5. If the inequality is of > form, then take all +ve ranges.
6. if the inequality is of lesser form, then take all -ve ranges.

E.g.

(x-2) (x-3 ) > 0

Equality form is greater than(>).

Zero points = 2 and 3

Draw them on number line. You will get 3 ranges. x<2; 2<x<3; and x >2.

Here, right most will be +ve, or x>2 will be +ve.
then 2<x<3 will be -ve
then x<2 will be +ve.

Since inequality is of (>) form, we will take all the ranges which have +ve sign.

Hence, the answer will be x>2 and x<2.

I hope it makes sense.
_________________

How I improved from V21 to V40! ?

Kudos [?]: 809 [0], given: 64

Re: Inequalities trick   [#permalink] 02 Jun 2017, 06:33

Go to page   Previous    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8    Next  [ 146 posts ]

Display posts from previous: Sort by