College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 1, Equations and Graphs - Chapter 1 Review - Exercises - Page 171: 92

Answer

$(-\infty,2)$

Work Step by Step

We have: $$\begin{aligned} |x-1|=\begin{cases} -x+1,x<1\\ x-1,x\geq 1. \end{cases} \end{aligned}$$ $$\begin{aligned} |x-3|=\begin{cases} -x+3,x<3\\ x-3,x\geq 3. \end{cases} \end{aligned}$$ The inequality can be written: $$\begin{aligned} -x+1&<-x+3,&&x<1\\ x-1&<-x+3,&&1\leq x<3\\ x-1&
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