SOLUTION: |5-x|

SOLUTION: |5-x| < 3

Question 1092993: |5-x| < 3
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|5-x| < 3
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5-x < 3
5 < x + 3
2 < x
x > 2
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-(5-x) < 3
-5 + x < 3
x < 8

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The solution is the set of those x whose distance from 5 is less than 3. Answer. 2 < x < 8.

(MENTAL solution without using equations.

You only need to know WHAT the absolute value IS.)

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