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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I need immediate help!! please! Solve for x under assumption that x>0. x-45/x<-4. (answer in interval notation)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@satellite73 can you help me?

OpenStudy (ash2326):

\[x-\frac{45}{x} <-4\] Is this right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah that's what it is

OpenStudy (ash2326):

Now we know x>0 So we can multiply the whole equation by x, \[x^2-45x<-4x\] Do you get this step?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah I get that, the part where I get stuck is just to know which are the values

OpenStudy (ash2326):

Could you simplify this, bring all the terms to one side?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know up to (x+9)(x-5)<0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes I can it would be x^2+4x-45<0

OpenStudy (ash2326):

Good, now find the range :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you know the answer? is it (0,5)?

OpenStudy (ash2326):

From this you would get a range of (-9, 5) Is that right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

see I go up to -9<x<5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah, but since it says under assumption that x>0, I get confused

OpenStudy (ash2326):

yeah, but we know already that x is positive, so it should be 0<x<5 Do you get this?

OpenStudy (ash2326):

that means that we are given x>0, we start from that

OpenStudy (ash2326):

Open Study is having problem right now, We can safely assume that x>0 and then we can proceed with the problem.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, this thing got slow and what not. But okay, that's what I thought I just wasn't sure. Thank you ash (:

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