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Algebra Difficulty 3.1 AMC 10/12 Find the answer

Given the functions f(x)=2x1+2f(x)=|2x-1|+2 and g(x)=x+2+3g(x)=-|x+2|+3.

1. Solve the inequality: g(x)2g(x)\geqslant -2;
2. Find the range of real number mm such that f(x)g(x)m+2f(x)-g(x)\geqslant m+2 always holds true for xRx\in R.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

1. Since g(x)=x+2+3g(x)=-|x+2|+3, we have g(x)2g(x)\geqslant -2.

This implies that x+25|x+2|\leqslant 5, which further implies that 5x+25-5\leqslant x+2\leqslant 5.

Solving for xx, we get 7x3-7\leqslant x\leqslant 3.

Thus, the solution set for the inequality g(x)2g(x)\geqslant -2 is x7leqslantxleqslant3\\{x|-7\\leqslant x\\leqslant 3\\}.

2. Since f(x)=2x1+2f(x)=|2x-1|+2 and g(x)=x+2+3g(x)=-|x+2|+3, we have f(x)g(x)=2x1+x+21f(x)-g(x)=|2x-1|+|x+2|-1.

Let h(x)=2x1+x+21h(x)=|2x-1|+|x+2|-1. Then,

h(x)={3x2,x2x+2,2<x<123x,x12h(x)= \begin{cases} -3x-2,& x\leqslant -2 \\ -x+2,& -2 < x < \dfrac {1}{2} \\ 3x,& x\geqslant \dfrac {1}{2} \end{cases}

Thus, h(x)32h(x)\geqslant \dfrac {3}{2}.

Since f(x)g(x)m+2f(x)-g(x)\geqslant m+2 always holds true for xRx\in R, we have m+232m+2\leqslant \dfrac {3}{2}.

Solving for mm, we get m12m\leqslant - \dfrac {1}{2}.

Hence, the range of real number mm is (,12]\boxed{(-\infty, - \dfrac {1}{2}]}.

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