SOLUTION: Please solve. |7X - 14| < 7 I tried and got X < 3 or X > 1

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Question 78678: Please solve. |7X - 14| < 7
I tried and got X < 3 or X > 1

Answer by tutor_paul(519)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When solving these absolute value inequalties, first realize that there are two
inequalities involved... one for +(7x-14) and one for -(7x-14). So attacking the first inequality, we get:



Now, the second inequality:




Don't forget to swap the inequality sign when multiplying by -1
So looks like you got it right :-)

Good Luck,
tutor_paul@yahoo.com

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