document.write( "Question 1093770: could you please help me solve this equation \r
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\n" ); document.write( "I tried using both the negative and positive way and I got x>(or equal) 5 and x<(or equal) -5 which gave methe interval (-infinity,-5] U [5,infinity)but that was not correct and I am not sure what I did wrong \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #708426 by ikleyn(52781) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "1.  First, it is not an equation.\r\n" );
document.write( "    It is inequality, instead.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  The solution to this inequality is the set of those real \"x\" in the number line, that are remoted 4 units from the point (-1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "        This set is  (-infinity,-5] U [3,infinity).\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Notice that the points -5  and  3  are included to the solution set. \r\n" );
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document.write( "     To get the answer, you do not need to solve any equations.\r\n" );
document.write( "     It is totally enough to know what the absolute value is.\r\n" );
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