SOLUTION: 2|d+5|-1<12 I need two solutions but i was absent so i do not understand it. I keep getting -12 and 2 instead of -7 and 2. Please help!!!

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Question 412935: 2|d+5|-1<12
I need two solutions but i was absent so i do not understand it. I keep getting -12 and 2 instead of -7 and 2. Please help!!!

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's an inequality so you should get an interval of solutions. We have







This implies that . Subtracting 5 from both sides,

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