Someone Help Please solve |3x+5| - 7 > -5 answer in interval notation First isolate the absolute value on the left by ading 7 to both sides |3x+5| - 7 > -5 +7 +7 ----------------- |3x+5| > 2 There are two rules for removing absolute value bars 1. To remove the absolute value bars of |expression| < A , where A is a positive number, replace it by this: -A < expression < +A 2. To remove the absolute value bars of |expression| > A , where A is a positive number, replace it by this: expression < -A OR expression > A Since |3x+5| > 2 involves >, we replace it by: 3x + 5 < -2 OR 3x + 5 > 2 -5 -5 -5 -5 ------------ ------------- 3x < -7 OR 3x > -3 x < -7/3 OR x > -1 <=========o-----------o==========> -7/3 -1 (-¥, -7/3) È (-1, ¥) Edwin