What is -5.5 x +0.56= -1.64

Adriver from the university of florida women’s swimming and diving team is competing in the in ncaa zone b championships

Does anyone know how to solve and graph this: 4 + | a + 2 | < 7the only part i don't get is the "4 +"

I’ve been trying all day to figure this puzzle out. i need the work for it aswell. it is a factoring polynomials tarsia. the image is below.