document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=57436>Question 57436</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -2 < 2x + 4 < 14 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #39177 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><B>funmath(2933)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=39177\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You work these just the same way you work equations.  You are trying to get the x all by itself in the middle.  Whatever you do to the middle to accomplish that, you have to do to the ends.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 < 2x + 4 < 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2-4<2x+4-4<14-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6<2x<10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6/2<2x/2<10/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3<x<5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you need to write the solution set in interval notation: (-3,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you have to graph it on a number line:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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