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Example: x - 1 > 2 or x + 3 < -1 x>3 x < -4 x < -4 or x >3 Graph the solution.
-4
Example 1:
This is an or statement. (Greator). Rewrite. In the 2nd inequality, reverse the inequality sign and negate the right side value. Solve each inequality. Graph the solution.
-4
Example 2:
|x -5|< 3
This is an and statement. (Less thand). Rewrite. In the 2nd inequality, reverse the inequality sign and negate the right side value. Solve each inequality. Graph the solution.
x -5< 3 and x -5< 3 x -5< 3 and x -5> -3 x < 8 and x > 2 2<x<8
Some absolute value inequalities have no solution. For example: is never true. Since the absolute value of a number is never negative, there is no replacement for x that will make this sentence true.
Always true
Other absolute value inequalities are always true. One such inequality is |2x + 1| >- 7 Always a distance positive is greater than a negative number.
3) |y 3| > 1 4) |p + 2| < 6