SOLUTION: translate the following statement into an open sentence using absolute value and the variable x: the numbers whose distance from -2 is at least 5 units.

SOLUTION: translate the following statement into an open sentence using absolute value and the variable x: the numbers whose distance from -2 is at least 5 units.

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Question 990473: translate the following statement into an open sentence using absolute value and the variable x: the numbers whose distance from -2 is at least 5 units.
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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|x-(-2)| >= 5.

Or, which is the same, |x+2| >= 5.

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