Question

How do u know whether to put an "and" or an "or" when it comes to inequalities?

Answer 1

Well, are we talking about when absolute values are involved?

Answer 2

No

Answer 3

What situations are we talking about?

Answer 4

Usually you know at the beginning whether it is "and" or "or".

Answer 5

Absolute values are one way in which an inequality is split into multiple inequalities.

Another case might be polynomial inequalities, since factoring the inequality results in multiple inequalities.

Answer 6

ok thank you

Answer 7

Another case is\[
a<x<b\] which basically means\[
a<x~~\text{and}~~x<b
\]

Answer 8

oh ok thank u again