Question

How do you solve `|x+2|>7`?

Answer 1

x is outside `[-9, 5]`.

Explanation:

#|x+2|>7 is the combined inequality for the pair

`x + 2 > 7 and -( x + 2 )>7`.

Accordingly, x > 5 and x < -9.

So, x is outside `[ - 9, 5 ]`.