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OpenStudy (anonymous):

|1/x| >x HELP?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1/x>x or 1/x<-x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

saif!! is correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so we still need to break it up into positive and negative?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Yes.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the second one equation, how do u solve it?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Cross multiply. 1 < -x^2 1+x^2 < 0 x^2 + 1 > 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you sqrt the -1?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

(x-1)(x+1) > 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

isnt (x-1)(x+1) from (x^2 - 1?)

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Yes. same thing.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so can i know from where they got the 0 from? bcs the answer is x<0 and 0<x<1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Are you sure sure the answer is "and" not "or" ?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

i think it will be and.. im not sure though. coz we use U while denoting it..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think this is an "or" problem...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The answer I am getting is \[ x<0 \text { or } 0<x<1 \]

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

HOW ffm! show steps!!! :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's an or...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@FoolForMath please show ur steps, tq :)

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

U is the union means all the terms? i think we will use "intersection" for or.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

intersection is "and"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Union -> "or" Intersection -> "And"

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

But U is like all terms right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes..

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

so all means and? idk. but thanks for correcting! :D

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

why the heck i can't give a medal. -_-

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you have 'em all... :) don' wanna share?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Haha. i just shared one @dpaInc . And i just checked im not your fan! What a fail. kill me!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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