Question

"if x^2 - 5x - 14 > 0, then x satisfied the inequality."
I'm not quite sure what I'm being told to do here or how to do it...

Answer 1

basically you are looking for the values of x, where the curve is above the y-axis

here is a simple solution

graph the curve using

https://www.desmos.com/calculator

then find where the curve is above the x - axis

Answer 2

1st Find the vertex.
2nd Factor to find the zeroes.
3rd Graph it
4th Whatever regions of the graph are greater than zero, are the solutions of the inequality.

Answer 3

oooh alright.. thank you both!