We can rewrite the inequality as:
−1≤x+2x−2≤1 This inequality is equivalent to the following system of inequalities:
x+2x−2≤1 and x+2x−2≥−1. Let's solve the first inequality:
x+2x−2≤1 x+2x−2−1≤0 x+2x−2−(x+2)≤0 x+2x−2−x−2≤0 x+2−4≤0 This is equivalent to x+2>0, since −4<0. Now let's solve the second inequality:
x+2x−2≥−1 x+2x−2+1≥0 x+2x−2+(x+2)≥0 x+2x−2+x+2≥0 x+22x≥0 We consider two cases:
Case 1: 2x≥0 and x+2>0. x≥0 and x>−2. This gives us x≥0. Case 2: 2x≤0 and x+2<0. x≤0 and x<−2. This gives us x<−2. Combining the two inequalities we get x>−2 and (x≥0 or x<−2). Since x>−2, we must have x≥0.