SOLUTION: Please solve this inequality and absolute value problem and show solution set? Thanks {x+2}-3>2

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Question 73254: Please solve this inequality and absolute value problem and show solution set? Thanks
{x+2}-3>2
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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Please solve this inequality and absolute value problem and show solution set?
{x+2}-3>2
Because you said this was an absolute value problem, I am going to assume that {} means ||.
abs%28x%2B2%29-3%3E2 First isolate the absolute value, by adding 3 to both sides.
abs%28x%2B2%29-3%2B3%3E2%2B3
abs%28x%2B2%29%3E5
Because of >, this is now separated into two inequalities with an or between them. When we change the sign, we flip the inequality.
x+2>5 or x+2<-5
x+2-2>5-2 or x+2-2<-5-2
x>3 or x<-7
The interval notation for the solution set is: (-infinity,-7)U(3,infinity)
Happy Calculating!!!!