Answer:
x = 3 or x = 4.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given the following inequality:
[tex](x - 2)(x - 5) < 0[/tex]
It is a product, and a product is negative when one term is positive and the other is negative.
First case:
[tex]x - 2 > 0 \rightarrow x > 2[/tex]
And
[tex]x - 5 < 0 \rightarrow x < 5[/tex]
Thus, in the natural set: x = 3 and x = 4.
Second case:
[tex]x - 2 < 0 \rightarrow x < 2[/tex]
And
[tex]x - 5 > 0 \rightarrow x > 5[/tex]
Empty set.
Union of the cases:
Second case is the empty set, so we only count the first case. Thus x = 3 or x = 4.
