SOLUTION: what is the solution or inequality |3x+1|-1 < 2

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Question 620671: what is the solution or inequality |3x+1|-1 < 2
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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|3x+1| - 1 < 2
       + 1  +1
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|3x+1|    < 3

-3 < 3x+1 < 3
-1     -1  -1
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-4 < 3x   < 2

-4%2F3 < x < 2%2F3

Edwin