Without using a graphic calculator, solve the inequality .
Hence find the exact solution of the inequality .
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1. Solve the inequality from the first part.
The critical values are , , and .
By performing a sign test, the solution is:
2. Relate the target inequality to the first part using a substitution.
Let . We rewrite the left-hand side of the target inequality:
The right-hand side becomes:
Thus, the inequality is exactly equivalent to:
3. Use the solution from the first part to set up inequalities for $x$.
Since this matches the inequality solved in the first part, the solution for is:
Substituting back into the inequalities:
4. Solve the resulting inequalities for $x$, noting that $x^2 > 0$.
Since for all real , the term is always strictly positive.
For the first inequality:
For the second inequality:
Since (otherwise is undefined), this yields:
Combining all parts, the exact solution is:
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