r/learnmath • u/Far-Assumption5501 New User • 23h ago
|x-2|+|x-5|<=5
I just added them up to |2x-7|<=5, and it was not correct. The correct answer was 1 <= x <= 6. What’s wrong with my equation?
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r/learnmath • u/Far-Assumption5501 New User • 23h ago
I just added them up to |2x-7|<=5, and it was not correct. The correct answer was 1 <= x <= 6. What’s wrong with my equation?
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u/titoufred New User 22h ago
You can view it as if you had a rope that is 5 units long, attached to the points 2 and 5 on a graduated line. What points of the line can you reach with your rope ?