1.
Solve for 𝑥
(a) ||𝑥 − 2| − 2| = |𝑥 − 4| (b) |𝑥 − 4| + |8 − 𝑥| = 4
(c) |𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 2| = 𝑥 2 − |𝑥 + 2| (d) ||𝑥 2 − 4| − 5| = |𝑥 2 − 9|
(e) |𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6| = |𝑥 2 − 3𝑥| + |2𝑥 − 6| (f) ||𝑥 2 − 𝑥| − |2𝑥 − 2|| = |𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 2|
2. Solve for 𝑥
(a) |𝑥 2 − 4| + |𝑥 2 − 9| = 5 (b) |𝑥 + 3| + |𝑥 − 3| < |2𝑥|
(c) |𝑥 + 1| + |𝑥 − 1| > |2𝑥| (d) |𝑥| + |𝑥 + 5| = 5
3. How many integers 𝑥 > −17 satisfy the inequality
1
(𝑥 + ) (𝑥 2 − 12|𝑥| − 85) ≤ 0
𝑥
4. Find the minimum possible value of the expression
𝑖) |1 − 𝑥| + |2 − 𝑥| + |𝑥 − 20| 𝑖𝑖) |2𝑥 − 1| + |3𝑥 − 1| + |4𝑥 − 1| + |10𝑥 − 1|
5. Find all real numbers 𝑐 such that |6𝑥 − 3| − |7𝑥 − 5| + |2𝑥 − 6| = 𝑐 has exactly three real
solutions.
6. Given 2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 8 and 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥 − 2| + |𝑥 − 4| − |2𝑥 − 6|. Find the sum of largest and smallest
values of 𝑓(𝑥).
7. Draw the graph of
𝑖) |𝑥 − 4| 𝑖𝑖) ||𝑥| + 1| 𝑖𝑖𝑖) ||𝑥 − 2| − 3| 𝑖𝑣)||2 − 𝑥| − 2| 𝑣) |3 − |𝑥 − 2||
Answer key
1. (a) [2, ∞) (b) [4, 8]
(c) [−2, −1] ∪ [2, ∞) (d) (−∞, −2] ∪ [2, ∞)
(e) (−∞, 0] ∪ {3} (f) (−∞, 0] ∪ {1}
2. (a) [−3, −2] ∪ [2, 3] (b) no solution
(c) (−1, 1) (d) [−5, 0]
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