SOLUTION: Can i please get some assistance to solve a for the following equation? If possible may you please show me how to draw the answer on the number line? I would be so greatful! |a

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Question 807199: Can i please get some assistance to solve a for the following equation? If possible may you please show me how to draw the answer on the number line?
I would be so greatful!
|a + 5| divide 2 > 6

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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|a + 5|/2 > 6
multiply both sides by 2
|a + 5| > 12
Two solutions
a + 5 > 12
a > 12 - 5
a > 7
and
a + 5 < -12; reverses the inequality sign
a = < -12 - 5
a < -17
:
less than -17 and greater than +6
===========-17------------0------6================