SOLUTION: Professor I'm confused with this inequality problem. /x-2/≤0. The answer would be contradiction right, ∅?? Thank you for your time.

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Question 649511: Professor I'm confused with this inequality problem. /x-2/≤0. The answer would be contradiction right, ∅?? Thank you for your time.
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The result of the absolute value function can never be negative, hence



is equivalent to



Since the only possible element of the solution set of the original inequality is 2.

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