SOLUTION: the absolute value of 1/2x - 1 < 1

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Question 119825: the absolute value of 1/2x - 1 < 1
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given inequality


Break up the absolute value (remember, if you have , then and )

and Break up the absolute value inequality using the given rule


Combine the two inequalities to get a compound inequality



Add 1 to all sides



Multiply all sides by 2 to isolate x


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Answer:

So our answer is





which looks like this in interval notation






if you wanted to graph the solution set, you would get

Graph of the solution set in blue and the excluded values represented by open circles

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