document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1058951>Question 1058951</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -5|x - 3| - 5 < 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you show the steps in solving this? Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you show the steps in solving this? Thanks<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution for this equation is the entire set of real numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any real number is a solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Left side is always negative. Right side is always positive.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Left side is always less than the right side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The inequality is satisfied for all x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For any x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Writing by \"josgarithmetic\" is absolutely wrong. Disregard it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>> \"josgarithmetic\", <U>STOP, at last, to write NONSENSE</U>. <<<\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot y = -5|x - 3| - 5 (red)  and y = 15 (green)\r<BR>\n" );
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