Question

What is the solution to |x – 5| + 2 < 20? –7 < x < 15 –13 < x < 23 x < –7 or x > 15 x < –13 or x > 23

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer 2

In order to solve this inequality, we can do the following steps:

[tex]\begin{gathered} |x-5|+2<20\\ \\ |x-5|<20-2\\ \\ |x-5|<18\\ \\ -18Therefore the correct option is the second one.