(-∞,-4) U (2, ∞)
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Work Shown:
|x+1| + 2 > 5
|x+1| > 5 - 2
|x+1| > 3
x+1 > 3 or x+1 < -3
x > 3-1 or x < -3-1
x > 2 or x < -4
x < -4 or x > 2
The portion x < -4 translates to the interval notation of (-∞,-4)
It might be helpful to think of x < -4 as -∞ < x < -4
The x > 2 is the same as 2 < x and the same as 2 < x < ∞. This turns into the interval notation of (2, ∞)
Therefore, we end up with the solution set of (-∞,-4) U (2, ∞)
The U symbol is the union operator to glue together the two intervals.