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document.write( "The given inequality describes those and only those real numbers x that\r\n" );
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document.write( "2x is remoted from the number 8 on the number line not closer than 10 units.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    EITHER  2x >= 8 + 10 = 18,    ---->  x >= 18/2 = 9\r\n" );
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document.write( "    OR       2x <= 8 - 10 = - 2,  ----> x <= -2/2 = -1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The solutions are  x <= -1  or  x >= 9.\r\n" );
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