Question

hi, Can someone just please explain the process of how to work this inequation/absolute value question please?

Answer 1

I know how to work this out |2x-5| + |x+1| =8
but not these
|5-x| - |3+2x| >1

Answer 2

@jim_thompson5910 help please :)

Answer 3

solve |5-x| - |3+2x| =1 and tell me what you get

Answer 4

here is my was of working out this question for the first question.
|2x-5| + |x+1| =8

Answer 5

no need for the if part after the solution, you can just say the solutions are x = 4 or x = -4/3

Answer 6

but is the way i did this pretty much exactly the same with inequalities?

Answer 7

sort of...you basically solve the equation for x first

that will give you a list of values which will help you set up a sign chart

Answer 8

which you can then use to solve the inequality

Answer 9

for the 3 test points i got