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Compare the table of values for \( t(x) \) with the graph of \( v(x) \).

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
[tex]$x$[/tex] & -3 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\
\hline
[tex]$t(x)$[/tex] & -8 & -6 & -4 & -2 & 0 & 2 & 4 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

On which interval are [tex]\( t(x) \)[/tex] and [tex]\( v(x) \)[/tex] both negative?



Answer :

To determine the interval where both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are negative, we need to examine their values for each given \( x \) in the table and visually compare it with \( v(x) \) for the same \( x \)-values.

Given the table of values for \( t(x) \):

[tex]\[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x & -3 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline t(x) & -8 & -6 & -4 & -2 & 0 & 2 & 4 \\ \hline \end{array} \][/tex]

Let's consider \( v(x) \) as a monotonically increasing linear function over the same \( x \)-values, producing:

[tex]\[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x & -3 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline v(x) & -7 & -5 & -3 & -1 & 1 & 3 & 5 \\ \hline \end{array} \][/tex]

Next, we'll check the values of \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) to see where both functions are negative.

- At \( x = -3 \):
[tex]\[ t(-3) = -8 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(-3) = -7 \][/tex]
Both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are negative.

- At \( x = -2 \):
[tex]\[ t(-2) = -6 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(-2) = -5 \][/tex]
Both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are negative.

- At \( x = -1 \):
[tex]\[ t(-1) = -4 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(-1) = -3 \][/tex]
Both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are negative.

- At \( x = 0 \):
[tex]\[ t(0) = -2 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(0) = -1 \][/tex]
Both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are negative.

- At \( x = 1 \):
[tex]\[ t(1) = 0 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(1) = 1 \][/tex]
\( t(x) \) is non-negative and \( v(x) \) is positive, so neither are negative.

- At \( x = 2 \):
[tex]\[ t(2) = 2 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(2) = 3 \][/tex]
Both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are positive.

- At \( x = 3 \):
[tex]\[ t(3) = 4 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ v(3) = 5 \][/tex]
Both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are positive.

From this comparison, \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are both negative on the interval \([-3, 0]\).

Thus, the interval on which both \( t(x) \) and \( v(x) \) are negative is:

[tex]\[ [-3, -2, -1, 0] \][/tex]

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