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document.write( "|2-3x| <= 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3. You will get an equivalent inequality\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"abs%282%2F3-x%29\" <= \"5%2F3\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "The solution set to this inequality is the set of those x that are remoted not farther than \"5%2F3\" units  from the point \"2%2F3\" on the number line, i.e\r\n" );
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document.write( "the set of x,  \"2%2F3+-+5%2F3\" <= x <= \"2%2F3%2B5%2F3\",   or,  which is the same,\r\n" );
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document.write( "-1 <= x <= \"7%2F3\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The solution set is the segment  [-1,\"7%2F3\"] of the number line.\r\n" );
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