SOLUTION: |sqrt(x+3)-((7+x)/4)|<0.5 How to solve this inequality? I get -2.07>x>1.9 But according to the textbook, it is -2.6>x>8.6 Please help Thank you

Algebra ->  Absolute-value -> SOLUTION: |sqrt(x+3)-((7+x)/4)|<0.5 How to solve this inequality? I get -2.07>x>1.9 But according to the textbook, it is -2.6>x>8.6 Please help Thank you      Log On


   



Question 1206573: |sqrt(x+3)-((7+x)/4)|<0.5
How to solve this inequality? I get -2.07>x>1.9
But according to the textbook, it is -2.6>x>8.6
Please help
Thank you

Answer by ikleyn(52785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
|sqrt(x+3)-((7+x)/4)|<0.5
How to solve this inequality? I get -2.07>x>1.9
But according to the textbook, it is -2.6>x>8.6
Please help
Thank you
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Hello, inequalities for answers in your post all should be of opposite directions.

To see them is the same as to observe a car moving in wrong/(opposite) direction on a highway . . .

It is a very scary sight.


I write these lines for the next generations of visitors,
who may read it in the future, to prevent them from heart attack.