How do you solve (3x+5)/(6-2x)<=0?

1 Answer
Jan 19, 2017

The answer is x in ] -oo,-5/3 ] uu ] 3, +oo [

Explanation:

Let f(x)=(3x+5)/(6-2x)

The domain of f(x) is D_f(x)=RR-{3}

Now, we can make the sign chart

color(white)(aaaa)xcolor(white)(aaaa)-oocolor(white)(aaaa)-5/3color(white)(aaaaaaa)3color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaa)+oo

color(white)(aaaa)3x+5color(white)(aaaa)-color(white)(aaaaaa)+color(white)(aa)color(white)(aaaa)+

color(white)(aaaa)6-2xcolor(white)(aaaa)+color(white)(aaaaaa)+color(white)(aa)color(white)(aaaa)-

color(white)(aaaa)f(x)color(white)(aaaaaa)-color(white)(aaaaaa)+color(white)(aa)color(white)(aaaa)-

Therefore,

f(x)<=0, when x in ] -oo,-5/3 ] uu ] 3, +oo [