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2-4 Absolute Value in Open Sentences (continued)

Example 3 Solve |4* — 51 > 9 and graph its solution set.

Solution Write 14* — 5| > 9 as the equivalent disjunction:

4* - 5 < -9 or 4*-5>9
4* < -4 or 4* > 14
* < -1 or
.'. the solution set is *: * < — 1 or * > — H r-e-H
<- 2J - 2 - 1 0 1 2 3 4
Check: Test a point in each of the shaded regions and a point between them.
Try* = -2: |4(-2) - 5| = |-8 - 5| = | - 13| = 13 > 9 True V
Try* = 4: |4 • 4 - 5| = |16 - 5| = |ll| = 11 > 9 True V
Try* = 0: |4 • 0 - 5| = |0 - 5| = | -5| = 5 > 9 False V

Example 4 Solve 15 — 2* - 1 < 2 and graph its solution set.

Solution Rewrite the inequality so that the absolute value is alone on one side.
|5 - 2*| - 1 < 2
|5 - 2*| < 3
Write 5 - 2 * | < 3 as the equivalent conjunction:
-3 < 5 - 2* < 3
-8 < -2* < -2
4 > * > 1
.'. the solution set is {*:
1 1 < * < 4).
}
- 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Check: Test a point in the shaded region and a point on either side of it.
Try* - 2: |5 - 2 • 2| = |5 - 4| = |l| = 1 < 3 True V
Try* = 0: 5 - 2 • 0| = 5 - 0| = |5| = 5 < 3 False V
Try* = 5: 5 - 2 • 5| = |5 - 10| = | -5 = 5 < 3 False V

Solve and graph the solution set.

13. \r > 2 14. \k\ < 5 15. |-3m| > 0 16. |/ + 2| > 3
17. \g - 4| > 2 18. |z - 1| < 2 19. 0 > |* - 7| 20. 12? + 1| < 5
21. 6 < \2m - 3| 22. \3h + 1 > 5 23. \5p - 4| < 1 24. |3* - 2| < 4
25. |2n + 3| > -2 26. |2 - q\ > 5 27. |3 - a\ i= 2 28. |1 - 26| < 3
29. |4 - 3*| > 5 30. |6 - 4w\ > 2 31. |6 - 7c| < -1 32. |3 - 0.4y| < 7
2 ** > 1 m +1
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