Question

How do you solve `3- | x + 8| \geq 5`?

Answer 1

No solution.

Explanation:

As `|x+8|`, is always zero or positive i.e. `|x+8|>=0`,

`-|x+8|<=0`

and `3-|x+8|<=3`

and `3-|x+8|` can never be grater than or equal to `5`.

Hence `3-|x+8|>=5` does not have a sloution.