Modulus Exercise – 2
Solve the following
1. |x − 2| > x − 2 2. |x| − 1 < |1 − x|
3. |x + 4| > |2x − 3| 4. (|x| − 1)(|x| − 2) ≥ 0
5. |x + 1|(x + 5) ≥ 0 6. |x + 8|(x + 5) ≥ 0
7. |x + 4| < 3x − 2 8. |2x + 1| + |7x + 5| = 6
9. |x − 1| + |x − 2| ≥ 1 10. |x − 1| ≤ 5 and |x| ≥ 2
11. |x − 2| − 1 ≥ 3
12. |(x + 2x + 2) + (3x + 7)| < |x + 2x + 2| + |3x + 7|
13. |x − 1| − 1 ≤ 1 14. |x − 1| − x ≤ 4
15. |x| <1
Answer Key
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1. (−∞, 2) 2. (−∞, 0) 3. ,7
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4. (−∞, −2] ∪ [−1,1] ∪ [2, ∞) 5. [−5, ∞) 6. [−5, ∞) ∪ {−8}
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7. (3, ∞) 8. x 0, 9. (−∞, ∞)
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10. [−4, −2] ∪ [2,6] 11. (−∞, −2] ∪ [6, ∞) 12. ,
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13. [−1,3] 14. 2 , 15. (1,2)