you want to get the absolute value by itself

First subtract 5 from both sides

You get:-|x+4|<=2

divide both sides by -1

You get |x+4|<=-2

This then results in two equasions:

x+4<=2 x+4=>-2

x<= -2. x=>-6

X is between -6 and -2, inculding -6 and -2

|a+b|= c

a+b<=c a+b=>-c

if youre a student, talk to your math teacher about it, as I'm not 100% sure.

rewrite the equation to 5-x+4<-3 and 5-x-4<-3 then solve for x

x is less than or equal to 4