SOLUTION: Please show steps: |x+5| - 4-1/2 (re: four and one half) > 7-1/2 (re: seven and one half)

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Question 358286: Please show steps:
|x+5| - 4-1/2 (re: four and one half) > 7-1/2 (re: seven and one half)

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|x+5| - (4 1/2) > 7 1/2
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|x+5| > 12
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x+5 < -12 or x+5 > 12
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x < -17 or x > 7
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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