document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49442>Question 49442</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this problem:  |5x - 3| > 7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "case 1....5x-3 =+ve..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|5x-3|=5x-3>7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x>7=3=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x>10/5=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "case 2 ...5x-3=-ve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|5x-3|=-(5x-3)=-5x+3>7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x>7-3=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x>4/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x<-4/5...division by -1 reverses inequality...4>3...but -4<-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the 2 answers are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x>2...and x<-4/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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