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algebra intermediate

Problem

Find all solutions to the inequality (Give your answer in interval notation.)
Solution
Let be the quantity on the left-hand side. Constructing a sign table, we get \begin{array}{c|ccc|c} &$2x-7$ &$x-3$ &$x$ &$f(x)$ \\ \hline$x<0$ &$-%%DISP_0%%amp;$-%%DISP_0%%amp;$-%%DISP_0%%amp;$-$\\ [.1cm]$0<x<3$ &$-%%DISP_0%%amp;$-%%DISP_0%%amp;$+%%DISP_0%%amp;$+$\\ [.1cm]$3<x<\frac{7}{2}$ &$-%%DISP_0%%amp;$+%%DISP_0%%amp;$+%%DISP_0%%amp;$-$\\ [.1cm]$x>\frac{7}{2}$ &$+%%DISP_0%%amp;$+%%DISP_0%%amp;$+%%DISP_0%%amp;$+$\\ [.1cm]\end{array}It follows that when or Since the inequality is nonstrict, we must include the values of such that which are and Thus, the solution set is
Final answer
(0, 3] \cup [\tfrac72, \infty)