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I need to solve a type of inequalities, but I cannot type it here, just I can write like this: x+1 <= x
+2
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You need to solve
|x+1|<=|x+2|
The definition for absolute value is:
|x|=x if x>=0
|x|=-x if x<0
When x + 1 >= 0 and x+2>=0, that is x >= -1 we can write
x+1 <= x + 2 and this is valid for all x >= -1
When x + 1 < 0 and x + 2 >= 0 that is -2<=x<-1 we can write
-(x+1)<=x+2 and this is valid for -1 1/2<=x<=-1
When x+1<0 and x+2<0 that is x < - 2
-(x+1)<=-(x+2) we get 1>=2 which is contradiction
So the solutions are x >= -1 and -1 1/2<=x<=-1 or written as interval:
[-1 1/2, -1] U [-1, ~) = [-1 1/2, ~)