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Chapter 8: Inequalities 8
Starter 8 (page 129) 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3
The treasure is buried in the Swamp, at (7, 9).
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Exercise 8.1 (page 131)
1 4, 5, 6, 7, … 2 3, 4, 5, 6, … 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3 …, 21, 0, 1, 2, 3 4 …, 21, 0, 1, 2
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5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 6 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
7 2 8 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
9 3, 4, 5 10 1, 2
11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 12 1, 2 11 x , 14
13 …, 21, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 14 4, 5, 6, 7, …
15 3, 4, 5 16 1, 2, 3, 4
17 1, 2, 3, 4 18 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
19 97, 98 20 22, 21, 0, 1, 2
12 x < 5
Exercise 8.2 (page 132)
1 x>8 2 x.5 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3 x , 23 4 x,2
5 x,6 6 x<3 13 x , 10
7 x>5 8 4,x
9 2<x 10 x . 21
11 x>4 12 x , 4}12} 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 2.x 14 x < 24
14 x > 3
15 x<0 16 25 , x
17 x > 36 18 x,0
19 x > 21 20 x , 3}12} 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
21 2,x<4 22 1,x,2
15 5 , x , 8.5
23 6<x<9 24 21 < x , 3
25 x < 14 26 x.5
27 x , 27 28 x > 11 5 6 7 8 9 10

16 x . 6
Exercise 8.3 (page 133)
1
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
17 x > 4
2
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
18 x , 3
3

1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

4 19 x . 3
3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5
20 x < 21
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2
5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3

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5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3

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Exercise 8.4 (page 136) 5 x0

y
1 x2 x5
y 10 yx4
yx 9
10
9 8
8 7
7 6
6 5
xy8
5 4
R
4 3
3 2
y1
R 1
2
y1
1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x 6 a) L1: y 5 5 b) L1: y . 5
L2: x 5 7 L2: x , 7
2 x2 L3: y 5 x 1 3 L3: y , x 1 3
y
10 Exercise 8.5 (page 138)
yx1
9 1 25 , x , 5 2 29 < x < 9
8 3 y . 4 or y , 24 4 x > 2 or x < 22
5 28 < x < 8
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y7 6 27 , x , 7
6 7 y > 12 or y < 212
R
5 8 23.5 , x , 3.5
4 9 22 , x , 2
3
y2
2 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 x
1
10 x . 7 or x , 27
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 x
3 y
11 x > 5 or x < 25
10 12 23 < x < 3
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8 Review Exercise 8 (page 138)
y7 R 1 0, 1, 2, 3 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
7
3 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 4 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
6
5 21, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 6 5, 6, 7
5 7 1, 2 8 2, 3, 4, 5
4 9 4, 5, 6 10 2
yx
3 11 x>1
2
x9
1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x 12 x , 22
4 x3 x7
y
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2
10
9 13 x , 3
8
7
3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
6
5 14 x < 6
4
R
3 x  y  10
2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
y1
1
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
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15 21 < x , 1.5 24 a) y > 20.5

b) 0
25 a) y 5 256}}x 1 212}}
5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 b) k 5 20
c) (i)
16 0 , x < 2
x0
y
2x  3
3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6y  5x  15
3
17 x , 2
2

3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 R
18 x . 3
y0
2 1 O 1 2 3 x
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1
19 22 < x , 7

3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (ii) (1, 1)
26 a) (i) x , 2
(ii)
20 6 , x < 9

5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
b) 22, 21, 0, 1
21 27 a) x . 6 or x , 26
y
b)
10

10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 x
8 28 x < 10 or x < 210
29 23 , y , 3
30 a) 22 < x < 2
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Internet Challenge 8 (page 142)

2
f The Golden Ratio.
∑ The eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet,
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x denotes ‘the sum of’.
22 a) 21, 0, 1 4 This 17th century symbol was formerly used in
b) x  2 x1 Europe to indicate subtraction.
y ` A sculpture of this symbol, by Marta Pan,
4 stands on the A6 roadside in France.
3 yx1 i The (not real) square root of minus one.
2 , First used in Harriot’s Artis Analyticae Praxis in
1 1631.
54321O 1 2 3 4 5 x 0 This originated from Hindu mathematics, where
1 it was known as sunya.
2
y  2 5 Invented by Robert Recorde in 1557.
3 u The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, used to
4 denote an unknown angle.
√ This 16th century symbol may be a corrupted
23 4, 5, 6 abbreviation for radix.

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