Chapter Practice Problem

Topic: MODULAR inequalities 1.

Solve:
| x | −1
1. | x + 2| = 2 (3 – x) 12. 5
2. x2 − |x+ 2| + x > 0 | x | −2
x2 − 4
13. 3
3. |2x – 4 | < x – 1 x+2
4. | x +1| + x −1 = 0 14. ||x – 1| − 1|≤ 1
x2 + 6
5. |x – 3| + 2 |x + 1| = 4 15. 1
5x
6. |x – 1| + |x – 2|  4
x+3 + x
7. |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3| ≤ 12 16. 1
x+2
8. |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3| = 2 17. 1 ≤ |x – 1| ≤ 3
x +1
9. |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|  6 18. 1 3
10. ||x|- 1| < |1 – x| x+2
| x | −1 ( x + 1) + ( x 2 + 3x + 2 ) = 0
2 2
11. 0 19.
| x | −2
ANSWER- KEY

4 5 
1. x= 2. R – [− 2, 2] 3.  ,3  4. No solution
3 3 
  7 
5. x  {- 1 } 6. x   −, −  , 7. [−2, 6] 8. x = 2
 2   2 
9. ( −, 0   4,  ) 10. (−, 0) 11. X  (− − 2) U [−1, 1] U (2, )
 9   9
12.  − , −2    2,  13. (−1, 5) 14. [−1, 3]
 4   4
15. R – (−3, −2)  {0}  (2, 3) 16. [−5, −2) U [ −1, )
 5  7 3
17. [-2, 0] U [2, 4] 18.  −, −    − , −  19. x = −1
 2  4 2
 Chapter Practice Problem
Topic: MODULAR inequalities 2.
Solve:
9. |x + 1| + x2 + 1  0
1. |3x – 2| + x = 11 10. |x – 2| + |x + 2| ≤ 3
11. 1 ≤ |x + 3| + | x + 2| ≤ 2
2. |x – 1| + |x + 1|< 4
x 2 − | x | −2
12. 2
3. |x + 3| > |2x – 1| 2 | x | − x2 − 2
4. |x2 + 3x| + x2 – 2  0 12 x
13. 1
5. |x – 1| +|x|+|x + 1| 6 4 x2 + 9
x2 − 1 14. | x +1| + x −1 = 0
6. 2
x2 + 1
x
15. |x2 – 1| + (x – 1)2 + (x 2
− 3x ) + 2 = 0
7. 1 3
x+3 16. 2 x − 1 + 3x − 2 = 4 x − 3 + 5 x − 4
8. |x + 1|+|x− 4|> 7

ANSWER- KEY

13 −9   2 
1. x   ,−  2. (−2, 2) 3.  − ,4 4.(− , −2/3)  [1/2, )
4 2  3 
 9  3
5. (− , −2]  [2, ) 6. R 7.  −, −    −2, −  8. (-,-2)U(5, )
 2  2
9. R 10.  11. [−7/2, −3/2] 12. [−2, 0]  [2, 4]

13. (−1, −2/3)  (2/3, 1) 14. No Solution 15. 1

16. 1