document.write( "Question 305359: Which answer choice describes the set of all solutions to the inequality |x – 3| < -2? \r
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document.write( "|x – 3| < -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Absolute values are never negative, so it impossible of\r\n" );
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document.write( "The correct choice is A. There are no solutions.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that if the problem had been \r\n" );
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document.write( "|x – 3| > -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "the correct choice would have been D. All real numbers, because\r\n" );
document.write( "all absolute values are 0 or greater and thus are always greater\r\n" );
document.write( "than any negative number.\r\n" );
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