|x-(45-x)| < 10 |x-45+x| < 10 |2x-45| < 10 |x-22.5| < 5 -5 < x-22.5 < 5 Add 22.5 to all three sides: 17.5 < x < 27.5, so x e {18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26, 27} 1. (18, 27) 2. (19, 26) 3. (20, 25) 4. (21, 24) 5. (22, 23) 6. (23, 22) 7. (24, 21) 8. (25, 20) 9. (26, 19) 10. (27, 18) If you meant that the absolute difference must be less than 10 then that is the correct list and 10 is the answer. If you meant the difference to be "first-second" then it's just the last 5. The answer is 5. So the answer is 5 or 10 depending on whether you mean absolute difference or first minus second. Edwin