SOLUTION: Please help me solve! (absolute value)-2x-5(absolute value)<=9 I tried to insert the absolute value sign but it would not let me.

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Question 418346: Please help me solve! (absolute value)-2x-5(absolute value)<=9
I tried to insert the absolute value sign but it would not let me.

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can insert absolute value by using | | signs, done by doing Shift+\, or if you know how to insert formulas on this site using three curly braces, you can do something like abs(x).

If you have we have . Adding 5 to both sides,

Divide both sides by -2 (note to switch the inequality signs)

, more commonly written as .

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