SOLUTION: translate the following statement into an open sentence using absolute value and the variable x: the numbers whose distance from -2 is at least 5 units.

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Question 990473: translate the following statement into an open sentence using absolute value and the variable x: the numbers whose distance from -2 is at least 5 units.
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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|x-(-2)| >= 5.

Or,  which is the same,  |x+2| >= 5.