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SUMMARY

A compound inequality combines two simpleinequalities with an "AND" or "OR"

'x>7' is a simple inequality, connected to the simpleinequality 'x7 AND x

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There are two types of compound inequalities: ANDor 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 THAN15' are two simple inequalities, connected by an'AND'

The '>' symbol means GREATER THAN

The '' symbol means GREATER THAN

The '' symbol means GREATER THAN

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This is an OR compound inequality

'x is GREATER LESS -5' and 'x is GREATERTHAN 3' are two simple inequalities, connected byan 'OR'

The '' symbol means GREATER THAN

Remember, there are two types of compoundinequalities: AND or OR

Our AND compound inequality was: 'x>7 ANDx' symbol means GREATER THAN

The '

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Our AND compound inequality was: 'x>7 ANDx7' is the same as '77 AND x

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Our set-builder notation for 'x>7 AND x