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by **Hikari_Dreamer_12** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:46 am

Solve each open sentece and graph its solution set.

$5-4|2-3t|>21$
I solved and got $|2-3t|<-4$ , then I split it into two equations
$2-3t<-4$ got me $t>2$
$2-3t>4$ got me $t<$ $\frac{2}{3}$
The only problem is, I can't tell how it's "no solution".

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by **stapel_eliz** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:15 am

Hikari_Dreamer_12 wrote:I solved and got $|2-3t|<-4$ ....

How can an absolute value (something that is always positive or zero) be less than something negative? :wink:

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