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Solve the following inequality. Put your answers in interval notation . |2×+1|<5

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To solve that inequality we must divide it into two parts, remember that

[tex]|x|=\begin{cases}x,x>0 \\ -x,x<0\end{cases}[/tex]

Then we can write

[tex]\begin{gathered} |2x+1|<5\Rightarrow\begin{cases}2x+1<5 \\ -(2x+1)<5\end{cases} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]

Now we have two inequalities:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x+1<5 \\ -2x-1<5 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Let's solve the first one:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x+1<5 \\ \\ 2x<5-1 \\ \\ 2x<4 \\ \\ x<\frac{4}{2} \\ \\ x<2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

And the second one

[tex]\begin{gathered} -2x-1<5 \\ \\ -2x<5+1 \\ \\ -2x<6 \\ \\ -x<\frac{6}{2} \\ \\ -x<3 \\ \\ x>-3 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Then we have two solutions:

[tex]x<2\text{ and }x>-3[/tex]

Writing it in interval notation

[tex]-3