SOLUTION: Please show steps: |x+1/2| - 1/2 < 3-1/2 (re: three and one half)

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Question 358284: Please show steps:
|x+1/2| - 1/2 < 3-1/2 (re: three and one half)
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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|x + 1/2| - 1/2 < 7/2
|x + 1/2| < 4
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x + 1/2 < 4
x < 7/2
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x + 1/2 > -4
x > -9/2
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Ed