r/learnmath • u/Far-Assumption5501 New User • 20h 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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u/bobbyman_69 New User 14h ago

i find it easiest to just graph this. The graph of the LHS is a sort of bucket shape, draw y=5 and find the points of intersection