document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=578528>Question 578528</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> help with the solving part: |3x - 1| + |x - 2| < x + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "its easy to put it into a graph and get the correct answer (1/5 and 1) but when I actually try to solve it out algerbraically I get 1/3<x<5/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so I'm not sure where I'm doing it wrong </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #370961 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mrjunecarlo1095@ymail.com><B>mrjunecarlo1095@ymail.com(10)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mrjunecarlo1095@ymail.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mrjunecarlo1095@ymail.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=370961\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "......-x-2 < |3x-1| + |x-2| < x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "........-x-2 < |4x-3| < x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..........-2+3 < 4x < 2+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".-x-2 < |4x-3|.............|4x-3| < x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "....-5x >-1.................... 3x  < 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "......x > 1/5....................x  < 5/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 is not an applicable answer. The answer is with in an interval of 1/5 < x < 5/3. </SPAN>\n" );
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