Solve For x?

Algebra Level 3

log 0.2 log 6 ( x 2 x x 2 + 1 ) > 0 \log _{0.2} \log _{6} \left( \frac{x^{2} - x }{x^{2} + 1}\right) > 0

Solve for x x .

( , 1 ) (-\infty,-1) ( , 2 ) (-\infty,-2) ( , 1 ) ( 1 , ) (-\infty,-1) \cup (1,\infty) ( , 1 ] ( 1 , ) (-\infty,-1] \cup (1,\infty) ( , 3 2 ) \left(-\infty,-\frac32\right)

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1 solution

Curtis Clement
Jul 29, 2015

Firstly, we need l o g 6 ( x 2 x x 2 + 1 ) \ log_{6} ( \frac{x^2 -x}{x^2 +1}\ ) to be defined so we need the input to be more than zero.... x ( x 1 ) > 0 x < 0 o r x > 1 \ x(x-1) > 0 \Rightarrow\ x < 0 \ or \ x > 1 . Then we need the next log to be defined such that l o g 6 ( x 2 x x 2 + 1 ) > 0 \ log_{6} ( \frac{x^2 -x}{x^2 +1}\ ) > 0 .... x 2 x x 2 + 1 > 1 x 2 x > x 2 + 1 x < 1 \frac{x^2 -x}{x^2 +1} > 1 \Rightarrow\ x^2 -x > x^2 +1 \therefore\ x < -1 . For the last part we need l o g 0.2 ( y ) < l o g 0.2 ( 1 ) \ log_{0.2} (y) < log_{0.2} (1) which implies that l o g 6 ( x 2 x x 2 + 1 ) < 1 = l o g 6 ( 6 ) \ log_{6} ( \frac{x^2 -x}{x^2 +1}\ ) < 1 = log_{6} (6) ... x 2 x x 2 + 1 < 6 5 x 2 + x + 6 > 0 \frac{x^2 -x}{x^2 +1} < 6 \Rightarrow\ 5x^2 +x+6 > 0 This is true for all real x (sketch a graph and find the minimum point or show that the expression never equals zero ). a n s w e r = ( , 1 ) \therefore\ answer = (- \infty , -1)

Shouldn't the last part be greater than log to the base 0.2?

anjali rawat - 4 years, 4 months ago

Oops..Sorry I didn't notice that the base is less than 1

anjali rawat - 4 years, 4 months ago

Shouldn't be the answer must be (-infinity, 0) U (1, infinity) ?

John Raymond Garcia - 4 years, 1 month ago

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Log with base 6 and input as given must be grater than 0

Kamlesh Navlani - 3 years ago

No it can't be 1 to infinity, When the log is again defined for base 6 see, . Thanks for the answer

Kaushik Deka - 3 years, 10 months ago

I am performing the same at my Grade10 and 11 Thanks for the solution

Mritun Hazra - 1 month ago

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