standard_description: Understand that rational expressions form a system analogous to the rational numbers, closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by a nonzero rational expression; add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational expressions.
problem_activity: Solve the inequalities.
a.
$${|x+2|-5≥8}$$
b.
$${-2 \left| {2\over3} x+4 \right| >-16}$$


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