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Solve give your answer in interval notation: 5-4x^2>=8x!!! Please help ASAP!!!:( On the answer key for my final study guide it says that the answer is [-5,1/2] but on the calculator it says that the answer is [-5/2,1/2] I want to know which of these answers is correct!!! :)

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Answer:

[-5/2, 1/2] is the correct answer

Explanation:

Subtract the left side to compare to zero:

... 4x^2 +8x -5 ≤ 0

... (2x +5)(2x -1) ≤ 0 . . . . factor

... x = -5/2 . . . or . . . x = 1/2 . . . . are the zeros

The factors will differ in sign (the product will be negative) when x is between the zero values. Hence the solution set is ...

... x ∈ [-5/2, 1/2]

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Check

When you normalize the leading coefficient of the quadratic to 1, it becomes ...

... x² +2x -5/4 ≤ 0

Now, you know the sum of zeros must be -2 and the product of zeros must be -5/4. The zeros associated with the answer given in your key have a sum of -4.5 and a product of -5/2. It cannot be right.

Solve give your answer in interval notation: 5-4x^2>=8x!!! Please help ASAP!!!:( On-example-1
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