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Please help, Find the solution to the given inequality and pick the correct graphical representation

Please help, Find the solution to the given inequality and pick the correct graphical-example-1

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Using the answers possible, you could pick x=0 and see if 0 work.

-3 + | 0-2 | > 5

-3 + | -2 | > 5

-3 + 2 > 5

-1 > 5

this is false, so any answer that includes 0 is not correct

this eliminates "-6 < x < 10" and "x > -6 or x < 10" since they both include 0.

that leaves only "x < -6 or x > 10".

And the graph that matches this answer is the very bottom graph with two open circles at -6 and 10 and arrows pointing outward.

Now if you want to solve the inequality, that'd look like this:

-3 + | x - 2 | > 5

| x - 2 | > 8 by adding 3 to both sides

this will split into "x - 2 > 8 or x - 2 < -8"

Solving each of those, you'd have "x > 10 or x < -6" which is the answer we previously determined.

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