# Homework Help: Absolute Value Inequalities

1. Sep 18, 2010

### priscilla98

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

Solve (x+2)/(x+1) -2 < 0

2. Relevant equations

LCD: x + 1

3. The attempt at a solution

(x+2-2x-2)/(x+1) < 0

(-x )/(x+1) < 0

But somehow, I got the wrong answer. The answer is (4, 7]. But I don't know where I went wrong.

2. Sep 18, 2010

### priscilla98

I tried everything I could to answer this problem. Am i right that the lcd is x + 1? Because when i multiply - 2 by x + 1, i end up having to cross out + 2 and -2.

3. Sep 18, 2010

### eumyang

I'm confused because you title this thread "Absolute Value Inequalities," but your problem does not have any absolute value symbols. Can you double check the problem, please? Is the problem this?
$$\frac{x+2}{x+1} -2 < 0$$
Because that's what I'm interpreting.

Furthermore, according to WolframAlpha, the solution to what I typed above is
(-∞, -1) U (0, ∞), not (4, 7].

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4. Sep 18, 2010

### priscilla98

Re: Rational Inequalities

Your right, its not absolute inequalities. It's rational equalities.

Okay, thanks a lot for answering this question. I really do appreciate it.