104k views
0 votes
Write an inequality that represents the statement “x is at most –5 or at least 7.”

User Abnvp
by
7.6k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

x ≤ - 5 or x ≥ 7

or, in interval notation

[ - ∞, -5] ∪ [7, ∞]

Explanation:

From the question we get the following two inequalities
x is at most -5 ==> x ≤ -5

x is at least 7 ==> x ≥ 7 which can be rewritten as 7 ≤ x

This can be written as
x ≤ - 5 or x ≥ 7

In interval notation this would be
[ - ∞, -5] ∪ [7, ∞]

On the number line this would be represented as shown in the figure

Write an inequality that represents the statement “x is at most –5 or at least 7.”-example-1
User Plamen G
by
7.8k points