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The document contains 40 problems involving modulus inequalities of real numbers. The problems require finding the solution set of the inequalities or determining if a solution exists. The answer key provides the solution set for each problem, which consists of intervals, single values, or the empty set.

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Modulus - BM

The document contains 40 problems involving modulus inequalities of real numbers. The problems require finding the solution set of the inequalities or determining if a solution exists. The answer key provides the solution set for each problem, which consists of intervals, single values, or the empty set.

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Modulus (GM)-1

MODULUS OF REAL NUMBERS


Solve the following for real x:

1. |x| = 5 2. |x – 2| = 9

3. x + |x| = 0 4. |2x – 5| = 7

3x  4
5. 7 6. |x – 3| = –1
3
2
7. |x – 5x + 2| = 4 8. |x + 2| = |x – 2|

9. |x – 1| = |2x – 1| 10. x 2  x  1  2x  1

11. |2x + 3| – |2x – 5| = 6 12. Find the number of solutions of |x| + |x – 1| = 5

13. |x + 2| + |x – 3| + 2 = 0 14. |x| < 2

15. |x – 3| < 5 16. 1  |x – 1| 3

 | x | 1,
17. |x| > –3 18. Solve simultaneously: 
| x  1|  3

| x 2  4x | 5,
19. |x2 – 3x + 1| < 1 20. Solve simultaneously: 
 | x  1| 3
2 2x  1
21. 1 22. 2
x4 x 1
| x2|
23. ||x – 2| – 1|  3 24. 0
x2

25. |x – 2|  |x + 4| 26. |x – 1| + |x – 2|  4

2
27. x  28. x2 – |x| – 2  0
x

| x  1| x3 x
29. 1 30. 1
x2 x2

1 x 1
31. 1 32. 0
2 x x 2

33. |x2 + x| > |x2 + 5x – 8| 34. |–x2 + 4x – 7| – x2 + 4x – 7 = 0

x 2  7 x  10 x2  3x  1
35. 0 36. 3
x 2  6x  9 x2  x  1

x 2  5x  4 x x2
37. 1 38. x 
x2  4 x 1 x 1

39. |x2 + 6x + 6| = |x2 + 4x + 9| + |2x – 3| 40. |x2 + 3x| > 2 – x2


Modulus (GM)-2
ANSWER KEY

1. {–5, 5} 2. {–7, 11}

3. (–, 0] 4. {–1, 6}

5. (17/3, –25/3) 6. 

 5  33 
7.  , 2, 3  8. 0
 2 

 17  3 
9.  
0,
2
3
10. 1,
 2 

11. 2 12. 2

13.  14.  2, 2

15. (–2, 8) 16. [–2, 0]  [2, 4]

17. xR 18. (-2, -1]  [1, 4)

19. (0, 1)  (2, 3) 20. (-1, 2)

21. (2, 4)  (4, 6)

22. (3/4, 1)  (1, + ).


2x  1 2x  1
Hint. The given inequality is equivalent to the collection of two inequalities  2 and < -2.
x 1 x 1

23. (–, –2]  [6, ) 24. (2, + )

 1  7 
25. [–1, ) 26.  ,  2    2 ,  
   

27. (0, 2) 28. (–, –2]  [2, )

29. (-, -2)  (1/2, + ). 30. (–5, –2)  (–1, )

31. (–2, –1]  [1, 2) 32. (–, –2)  [–1, 1]  (2, )

33. (–, –4)  (1, 2) 34. R

35. x  (–5, –2)  (2, 3)  (3, 5)

36. (-, -2)  (-1, + ).


2 2 2
Hint. Since x + x + 1 > 0 for all xR, the given inequality is equivalent to the inequality |x - 3x - 1| < 3 (x + x + 1),
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
or to -3(x + x + 1) < x - 3x - 1<3 (x + x + 1), or to -3 (x + x + 1) < x - 3x - 1, x - 3x - 1 < 3 (x + x + 1).

37. [0, 8/5]  [5/2, + ). 38. {0}  (1, )

3   2  1 
39. 2,  40.  ,     ,  
 3 2 
 

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