Saturday, March 15, 2014

How to solve inequalities with absolute value?I actually know how to solve it for the one problem I have has fraction in it so can someone help me...

To solve  |x-3 over|+2
<6


Solution:


|(x-3)/2|
+2 < 6.


Subtract 2 from both
sides:


|(x-3)/2| +2 - 2 <
6-2


|(x-3)/2| < 
4.


Case i:


If (x-3) >
3, then  (x-3)/2 < 4. Multiply by 2 both sides:


x-3
< 4*2 = 8 . Add 3 to both sides:


x < 8+3
=11


x
<11............................................................(1)


Case
ii:


If x -3 < 0, then LHS |x-3)/2| = (3-x)/2. So the
inequality becomes:


(3-x)/2 +2 < 6. Subtract 2 from
both sides:


(3-x)/2 < 
6-2


(3-x)/2 <  4. Multiply by 4 both
sides:


3-x < 4*2 =
8


3-x  < 8.  Subtract 8 from both
sides:


3-8 -x <
8-8.


-11-x < 0. Add x to both
sides:


-11< x. Or


 x
>
-3..........................................(2).


Combining
the inequalities at (1) and (2), we get:


-11 < x
< 11


So x  is a number  between -11 and
11.


Or x belongs to the open interval (-11 , 11)  or x
belongs to  the open interval  ] -11 ,11[ .

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