What's a Compound Inequality?

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What's a Compound Inequality?

Definition: Compound Inequality

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SUMMARY
A compound inequality combines two simple
inequalities with an "AND" or "OR"
'x>7' is a simple inequality, connected to the simple
inequality 'x<15' by an 'AND'
'x<-5' is a simple inequality, connected to the
simple inequality 'x>3' by an 'OR'
The set-builder notation for 'x>7 AND x<15' looks
like:
'{x | 7<x<15}'
The set-builder notation for 'x<-5 OR x>3' looks
like:
'{x | x<-5 OR x>3}'

NOTES

So there are two types of compound inequalities:

AND or OR

So there are two types of compound inequalities:

AND or OR

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There are two types of compound inequalities: AND

or OR

An AND compound inequality will have an "AND"

between two simple inequalities

An AND compound inequality will have an "AND"

between two simple inequalities
So 'x is GREATER THAN 7' and 'x is LESS THAN
15' are two simple inequalities, connected by an
'AND'
The '>' symbol means GREATER THAN
The '<' symbol means LESS THAN

This is an AND compound inequality

'x is GREATER THAN 7' and 'x is LESS THAN 15'
are two simple inequalities, connected by an 'AND'
The '>' symbol means GREATER THAN
The '<' symbol means LESS THAN

An OR compound inequality will have an "OR"

between two simple inequalities

An OR compound inequality will have an "OR"

between two simple inequalities
So 'x is GREATER LESS -5' and 'x is GREATER
THAN 3' are two simple inequalities, connected by
an 'OR'
The '<' symbol means LESS THAN
The '>' symbol means GREATER THAN

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This is an OR compound inequality

'x is GREATER LESS -5' and 'x is GREATER
THAN 3' are two simple inequalities, connected by
an 'OR'
The '<' symbol means LESS THAN
The '>' symbol means GREATER THAN

Remember, there are two types of compound

inequalities: AND or OR

Our AND compound inequality was: 'x>7 AND

x<15'
Our OR compound inequality was: 'x<-5 AND x>3'
The '>' symbol means GREATER THAN
The '<' symbol means LESS THAN

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Our AND compound inequality was: 'x>7 AND

x<15'
Opening up our set just means to write a left curly
brace, '{'
'x' is a variable representing the numbers in our set
The vertical line, '|', means we're about to define
what numbers 'x' represents in the set
Since we're flip-flopping our inequality, we need to
flip the inequality symbol, too!
So 'x>7' is the same as '7<x'
Since we already have the 'x' written, we can just
write the '<15' part
Close a set with a right curly brace, '}'

Our set-builder notation for 'x>7 AND x<15' looks

like:
'{x | 7<x<15}'

Our OR compound inequality was: 'x<-5 AND x>3'

Opening up our set just means to write a left curly
brace, '{'
'x' is a variable representing the numbers in our set
The vertical line, '|', means we're about to define
what numbers 'x' represents in the set
We can only get the simplified set-builder notation
with AND compound inequalities
So we just rewrite 'x<-5 OR x>3' after the '{x |'
Close a set with a right curly brace, '}'

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Our set-builder notation for 'x>7 AND x<15' looks

like:
'{x | 7<x<15}'
Our set-builder notation for 'x<-5 OR x>3' looks like:
'{x | x<-5 OR x>3}'

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