5/26/2017 AlgebraSolutionsandSolutionSets

SolutionsandSolutionSets
Wewillstartoffthischapterwithafairlyshortsectionwithsomebasicterminologythatweuseonafairly
regularbasisinsolvingequationsandinequalities.

First,asolutiontoanequationorinequalityisanynumberthat,whenpluggedintotheequation/inequality,
willsatisfytheequation/inequality.So,justwhatdowemeanbysatisfy?Letsworkanexampleortwoto
illustratethis.

Example1Showthateachofthefollowingnumbersaresolutionsto
thegivenequationorinequality.
(a) in [Solution]
(b) in [Solution]
(c) in [Solution]
(d) in [Solution]
Solution
(a)Wefirstplugtheproposedsolutionintotheequation.

So,whatweareaskinghereisdoestherightsideequaltheleftside
afterweplugintheproposedsolution.Thatisthemeaningofthe?
abovetheequalsigninthefirstline.

Sincetherightsideandtheleftsidearethesamewesaythat
satisfiestheequation.
[ReturntoProblems]

(b)So,wewanttoseeif satisfiestheequation.Firstplugthe
valueintotheequation.

So, satisfiestheequationandsoisasolution.

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