What is the correct solution set of the inequality \(|x+1|\ge 4\)?

Correct answer: \(x\le -5\) or \(x\ge 3\)

For an absolute-value inequality \(|A|\ge k\), where \(k>0\), we use \(A\le -k\) or \(A\ge k\). Thus, \(|x+1|\ge 4\) gives \(x+1\le -4\) or \(x+1\ge 4\), so \(x\le -5\) or \(x\ge 3\). Options B and D describe values between the endpoints, whereas the solution lies outside them; option C incorrectly excludes the equality endpoints. Exam tip: with \(\ge\), both boundary values, \(-5\) and \(3\), are included.