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does anyone have a neat/quick way of getting this out?

thanks! :D

btw carret's 2013 3u solutions is dead, so I couldn't take a look at that....
 

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does anyone have a neat/quick way of getting this out?

thanks! :D

btw carret's 2013 3u solutions is dead, so I couldn't take a look at that....
Kuro is here =).

Fastest way I can think of is take cases as to whether .

By inspection, solution to the original equation is
You can actually eliminate A and B straight off using this, and then you just need to choose between C and D; D can be eliminated because between -2 and 3, |2x-1| is less than or equal to 5.
 
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Imo graphing is the fastest way. If you do a 5sec sketch, you can tell by inspection that it is -2 <= x <=3. Then by looking at the answers, the very first one I tried out was c) simply because it had the right boundaries.
 

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Kuro is here =).

Fastest way I can think of is take cases as to whether .

By inspection, solution to the original equation is
You can actually eliminate A and B straight off using this, and then you just need to choose between C and D; D can be eliminated because between -2 and 3, |2x-1| is less than or equal to 5.
This, unfortunately.
 

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I remember drawing up a graph, inspected the values then test them in the answers given lol.
 

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I first solved the equation, which got me -2≤x≤3. As this solution indicates equality at x = -2 and x = 3, this automatically eliminates (A) and (B) because they are undefined at one of/both of these points. A quick sketch or subbing in a value -2≤x≤3 for (D) will indicate that it is also incorrect. This leave (C) as the correct response.
 

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Draw the two graphs, and you clearly see that its between -2 and 3
 

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that reminds me of argand diagram. See if you can draw an ellipse from that and that prove that the inequality holds true. bahahaha. na jks. do what fais said ^^^^^^^^^ or carrot >>>>>
 

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