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Solve the following inequality algebraically. |x - 1| =>15

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We have the following:


|x-1|\ge15

solving for x:


\begin{gathered} x-1\ge15\rightarrow x\ge16 \\ x-1\leq-15\rightarrow x\leq-14 \end{gathered}

The answer is:


(-\infty,-14\rbrack\cup\lbrack16,\infty)

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