An absolute value inequality is solved by re-writing it as compound inequality. For example.
|x+1| < 5
Since the value inside the absolute value brackets: (x+1) can be positive or negative, it is re-written as a compound inequality as the example below.
x+1 < 5
x+1 > - 5
solve for the range of values x can be
-6 < x < 4
