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OpenStudy (kirbykirby):
How do you solve 9 - 16x² > 0?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
you can see that this is in the form of a^2-b^2=(a-b)(a+b)
that is in this case
3^2-(4x)^2=(3-4x)(3+4x)>0
when will this be greater than 0?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
when both are either positive or negative, that is
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes! So what you need to do is solve 3-4x>0 and 3+4x>0
plus
0>3-4x and 0>3+45
OpenStudy (anonymous):
-16x^2>9
16x^2<-9
divide both sides by 16
x<-9/16
OpenStudy (anonymous):
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
no not right
OpenStudy (anonymous):
if you graph
\[y=9-16x^2\]
you have a parabola that is facing down. it is zero at
\[-\frac{3}{4}\] and
\[\frac{3}{4}\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
it will be positive (above the x - axis) between the zeros and negative otherwise
OpenStudy (anonymous):
16 x^2<9
(x-3\/4) (x+3\/4)>0
-(4 x-3) (4 x+3)>0
-3/4<x<3/4
OpenStudy (anonymous):
you want to know where it is positive, so answer is ... what godefroid wrote : \[(-\frac{3}{4},\frac{3}{4})\]
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OpenStudy (kirbykirby):
Thank you so much :)!
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